10 NATURAL HISTORY OF THE PHEASANT 



the flank and rump are singularly brilliant.- It is now 

 in the Carhsle Museum. The best known of the six 

 remaining races of the Siberian Pheasant, as desig- 

 nated by Mr. Seebohm, is the Versicolor Pheasant, a 

 native of all the Japanese islands except Yezo. It is 

 easily distinguished from its congeners by its green 

 flanks. Returning to the Common Pheasant, we 

 find that Seebohm recognises six races of red-ruraped 

 pheasants ; of these, the Persian Pheasant of the 

 Attreck river seems to come nearest to the type. The 

 Prince of AVales's Pheasant (Phasianus principalis) 

 chances to have been discovered in Afghanistan by 

 Russian and English naturalists almost simultaneously. 

 This pheasant nearly coincides with Shaw's Pheasant, 

 from which it is separated by the plateau of the 

 Pamirs. The other two races recognised by Seebohm 

 are Phasianus chrysomelas and the Mongolian Phea- 

 sant. The first-named is found in the lower valley of 

 the Amu-Darya. It is remarkable for the rich metallic 

 green margins of the feathers of the mantle. When 

 thoroughbred it has no white ring, but the majority 

 of examples show a more or less perfect approach to 

 the interrupted ring of the Mongolian Pheasant. This 

 latter has a great deal of green on its rump and upper 

 tail coverts.' Some additional information upon this 



' Ibis, fifth series, vol. v. p. 173. 



