The Sungarian Pheasant. 209 



mantle, deep straw -yellow, streaked with blackish and metalhc 

 green ; scapulars, broadly margined with chestnut-buff reflecting 

 purple gold, milk-white centres ; wing coverts, lilac-grey ; 

 secondaries, ochreous and ashy-grey margined with rich 

 coppery-chestnut reflecting purple ; primaries, brown barred 

 with white ; lower back, hlac-grey shot with green, vermiculated 

 with black and ochreous ; rump and tail coverts, green-grey 

 shading into golden rufus on sides ; breast, golden coppery, 

 reflecting amethj'stine purple, narrowly streaked with black ; 

 flank feathers, straw-yellow with green-black terminal patches ; 

 belly, black-violet green, becoming brown towards vent ; 

 under tail coverts, deep chestnut ; tail, greyish-ochreous 

 transverse bars, black, outer half rich chestnut ; central tail 

 feathers, 22in. long. Pdmalb. — Has the neck, mantle, and 

 tail shot with hlac, the feathers of the upper parts chestnut- 

 brown, margined with whitish ; basal portions, black. 



The Sungarians are obviously true pheasants, larger 

 in size than our ordinary species. They would doubtless 

 interbreed freely with any species of pheasants already intro 

 duced, and, from their great size and gorgeous coloration, 

 would be grand and most acceptable additions to our coverts — 

 always provided, of course, that their capacities for flight are 

 equal to their other fine qualities, as to which point there is 

 still room for experiment. 



