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P. persicus. i 35". The Persian Pheasant differs from P. cokhicus in having lesser and 

 median wing-ooverts nearly white. 



P. principalis. The Prince of Wales' Pheasant, from N.W. Afghanistan'and N.E. Persia. 

 (5 354". With greater part of wings white. Kump bronze-red. Skins brought to England by 

 Dr. Aitchison, and some live specimens by Major Peaoooke, k.b., of the Afghan Boundary 

 Commission, from Bala Murghab in 1884, at the request of Sir Peter Lumsden. 



P. zarafshanicus. The Zarafshan Pheasant from Bokhara, allied to P. principalis, but 

 .scapulars are not margined with dark greenish purple, and breast-feathers have narrow, heart- 

 shaped, purplish margins, as in P. persicus. Breeds and nests in reed swamps and marshes. 



P. shawi. S 35i". ? 23^". Differs from P. coUhicus in having lesser and|median wing- 

 coverts white. Chest and breast edged dark green. Mid-breast and sides dark green. Yarkand 

 and Kashgar. Twelve to fifteen eggs (1-74 x 1-41), grey-stone colour. 



P. tarimeusis. 30J". The Tarim Pheasant, closely allied to P. shawi, but lesser and median 

 -wing-coverta are yellowish brown. Feathers of chest and sides without marginal bands. Karaschar 

 to Lob-nor. 



P. chrysomelas. i 34". ? 24". The Oxus Pheasant, distinguished from P. shawi by having 

 a triangular dark green spot at tip of each feather of mantle, back, and rump. Chest, breast, 

 and flanks tipped green. Amu-darya. 



(iv. ) With broad white neck-ring, 



P. mongolicus, <J 36J". 9 26". The Mongolian Ring-necked Pheasant. Broad white 

 ring (interrupted in front) round the neck. Resembles P, persicus, but mantle, chest, and 

 "breast are orange-red, glossed purple-carmine. Throat purplish red, breast and flanks tipped 

 ■dark green. Mid-breast and sides of belly dark green. Syr-darya to Issikul. 



P. semitorquatus. Severtzov's Ring-necked Pheasant, a subspecies similar to P, mongolicus, 

 but mantle, rump, throat, chest, and upper breast are glossed dull oily green. Dzungaria. 



C. With crown reddish brown. 



P. soemmerringi. S 50". 9 21". Sffimmerring's Copper Pheasant. Lower back maroon. 

 Breast and below chestnut. Japan. Eggs (1-8 x 1-35), greenish white. 



P, scintillans. A variety of P. sosmmerringi, the feathers above margined on each side 

 -with a white black-edged band. 



D. With crown white. 



P. reevesii. S 78". 9 32". Reeves' Pheasant. Crown white, surrounded by a wide black 

 band. Chin, throat, and nape white, margined by black neck-ring. Above cinnamon, bordered 

 "black. Wing-ooverts white, centred and margined black. Mid-tail very long, white down 

 middle, barred black and chestnut, and margined brownish buff. Below black. N. and W. 

 ■China. Hybrids with the Golden Pheasant. (O.G. ii. 6-40.) 



Genus CALOPHASIS. 



As in Phasianus, but with only sixteen tail-feathers. Males have lower back 

 -and rump transversely barred black and white. No ear-tufts. In females the 

 tail is shorter than the wing. 



18. Calophasis humise. Mrs. Hume's Babebd-backed Pheasant. 



Loi-nin-koi, Manipur. 



$ 33". $ 22". Bill greenish. Legs drab. — Male : Upper mantle and upper 

 "breast glossy blue-black, each feather with triangular black velvet spot. Lower 

 mantle and lower breast maroon with similar spots. Back and rump pale blue, 

 ■narrowly fringed white. Closed wing maroon with broad blue-black band with 

 ■white band on either side. Mid-tail grey, barred black and chestnut. — Female ; 

 Brown blotched with black, each feather of mantle with triangular white mark. 

 Wing-bar imperfect, mixed chestnut. Mid-tail and next four pairs barred chest- 

 mut. From Manipur and Upper Burma. (B. 1331. 0. 62.) 



