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the marks are broader, and not so pure ; throat, deep buff ; 

 feathers of the under surface, brown, largely striped down 

 the centre, and tipped with pale or creamy buff, and bordered 

 on each side with tawny ; tail, short, central feathers greyish 

 brown, freckled with dark brown ; lateral feathers rufous, 

 crossed obhquely near the tip with dark brown, beyond which 

 the end is white." 



Under the title of P. scintillans, a variety of this pheasant 

 has been described as a distinct species, but it appears to differ 

 only in the male having the feathers on the back more or less 

 completely margined or tipped with white. 



Mr. W. E. Ogilvie- Grant, in his " Handbook to the Game 

 Birds," writes : " It can only be recognised as a MeU-marked 

 variety, for it not only occurs in the same islands where the 

 P. soemmerringii is found, but every intermediate stage of 

 plumage between the two forms may be seen." 



