OO PHASIANID^. 



Phasianus versicolor, V. 



(Plate VI. fig. 1.) 



Phasianus versicolor, Seebohm, Birds Japan. Emp. p. 370 (1890) ; Grant, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. xxii. p. 334 (1893) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 38 (1899). 



The eggs of the Japanese Pheasant are very variable in colour, 

 ranging from stone-colour to dark brown. Thgy measure from I'S 

 to 1-7 in length, and from 1-2 to 1*4 in breadth. 



8. Laid in confinement. Gould Coll. 



1. Laid in confinement (Zool. Gar- Gould Coll. 

 dens, London). 



3. Japan {H. Pryer). Seebohm Coll. 



Phasianus scintillans, Gmdd. 

 (Plate VI. fig. 3.) 



Phasianus (Graphophasianus) scintillans, Gould, Ann. S; Mag. N. H. (3) 



xvii. p. 150 (1866). 

 Phasianus scintillans, Seebohm, Birds Japan. Emp. p. 371 (1890) ; Grant, 



Cat. Birds B. M. xxii. p. 337 (1893) ; Sharpe, Handel, i. p. 38 (1899). 



The eggs of the Hondo Copper Pheasant are cream-coloured. A 

 few eggs in the Collection which appear to have been addled or 

 imperfectly cleaned have a distinct purple tinge. They measure 

 from 1"8 to 1'9 in length, and from 1'25 to 1'35 in breadth. 



7. Japan {H. Pri/er). Seebohm Coll. 



Genus CALOPHASIS, Elliot. 



Calophasis ellioti {Swinh.). 

 (Plate VI. fig. 2.) 



Phasianus ellioti, Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. xxii. p. 335 (1893). 

 Calophasis ellioti, Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 38 (1899). 



The eggs of Elliot's Pheasant are of a broad oval form and have 

 a considerable amount of gloss. Of the four specimens in the 

 Collection, three are cream-coloured ; the fourth is rather paler 

 than the others and has a greenish tinge. They measure from 1'65 

 to 1-72 in length, and from 1"25 to 1'35 in breadth. 



4. Laid in confinement (Zool. Gar- Zool. Society. 



dens, London). 



Geifts CHRYSOLOPHUS, J. E. Gray. 



The eggs of the Golden Pheasants are smooth, glossy and generally 

 of a broad oval form. A few are slightly pyriform. 



Chrysolophus pictus {Linn.), 



Phasianus pictus, Thien. Fortpflam. ges. Vdg. p. 20, tab. vii. fig. 1 



(1846-54). 

 Thaumalea piota, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vdg. tab. 65. fig. 4 (1855-63). 



