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GAME BIRDS AND WILD FOWL. 



PHASIANUS COLCHICUS AND ALLIES. 



Species or Race. 



Phasianus elegans, 



Phasianus versicolor 

 Phasianus torquatus 



Phasianus torquatus, 

 var. decollatus . 



Phasianus torquatus, 

 var. vlangalii . 



Phasianus torquatus, 

 var, formosanus 



Phasianus mongolicus 



Phasianus mongolicus, 

 var. shawi . , . 



Phasianus mongolicus, 

 var. insignis . . . 



Phasianus colchicus . 



Geographical Area. 



Points of Distinction (Males). 



South-westernChina. 



Central and Southern 

 islands of Japan. . 



China (including Tsu- 

 sima or the "Twin 

 Islands" in the 

 Strait of Corea), 

 South Siberia, Mon- 

 golia and Thibet 

 East of E. long. 90°. 

 (Typical form con- 

 fined to S. E. Siberia, 

 E. Mongolia, and 

 E. China) . . . 



S.E. Thibet and W. 

 China 



N.E. Thibet . . . 



Formosa . , . . 



Mongolia West of E. 

 long. 90-. Turkestan. 



(Typical form con- 

 fined to N.W. Mon- 

 golia, and E, Rus- 

 sian Turkestan). . 



Chinese Turkestan . 



South Russian Tur- 

 kestan 



Similar to P. versicolor, but 

 flanks golden brown barred 

 with black. 



Underparts unspotted metallic 

 green. 



Prevailing colour of rump an I 

 upper tail coverts green; wing 

 coverts gray; white eyestripe 

 and white ring round neck. 



Western Turkestan 

 and Europe . . . 



No white eyestripe, and no 



ring round neck. 

 Centre of back and shoulders 



unspotted; only traces of white 



collar at back of neck. 

 Back and flanks huffish white 



instead of brownish buff. 

 C Wing coverts white ; rump 

 ■< and upper 1 ail coverts red- 

 (. dish instead of green. 



C With broad white ring nearly 

 < extending round the neck, 

 (. broken in front. 



No white ring round neck, 

 and no green reflections on 

 upper tail coverts. 



Upper tail coverts with 

 scarcely a trace of green 

 reflection ; white neck-ring 

 very narrow ; green tips to 

 feathers of underparts very 

 broadly defined. 



Most readily distinguished by 

 itsreddishbrown wing coverts. 



