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  A 
  MONOGRAPH 
  OF 
  THE 
  PHEASANTS 
  

  

  to 
  the 
  other. 
  On 
  the 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  neck 
  is 
  an 
  elongated 
  broad 
  patch 
  of 
  pure 
  white, 
  and 
  

   the 
  under 
  eyelid 
  is 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  colour. 
  All 
  the 
  rest 
  of 
  the 
  head, 
  chin 
  and 
  throat 
  is 
  

   black, 
  richly 
  glossed 
  with 
  dark 
  green. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  hind 
  neck 
  beneath 
  the 
  crest 
  the 
  glossy 
  green 
  feathers 
  change 
  abruptly 
  into 
  

   the 
  typical 
  dorsal 
  pattern. 
  This 
  is 
  a 
  cold 
  ashy 
  grey, 
  with 
  a 
  fairly 
  wide 
  black 
  shaft-stripe 
  

   extending 
  almost 
  to 
  the 
  tip. 
  The 
  feathers 
  of 
  the 
  entire 
  body 
  plumage 
  are 
  quite 
  

   lanceolate 
  and 
  acutely 
  pointed. 
  The 
  grey 
  of 
  the 
  lower 
  back, 
  rump 
  and 
  sides 
  takes 
  on 
  

   a 
  pinkish-white 
  hue, 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  back 
  a 
  fine, 
  narrow 
  white 
  shaft-stripe 
  partly 
  splits 
  the 
  

   black 
  of 
  the 
  feather. 
  On 
  the 
  rump, 
  which 
  in 
  typical 
  specimens 
  is 
  predominately 
  ashy 
  

   grey, 
  a 
  single 
  line 
  of 
  peculiar 
  feathers 
  extends 
  down 
  the 
  centre. 
  These 
  have 
  a 
  shaft- 
  

   stripe 
  of 
  buff 
  or 
  rufous 
  with 
  a 
  broad 
  black 
  line 
  on 
  either 
  side. 
  It 
  is 
  seldom 
  that 
  they 
  

   appear 
  in 
  perfect 
  alignment. 
  

  

  The 
  wing-coverts 
  and 
  scapulars 
  are 
  distinct 
  in 
  shade 
  from 
  the 
  mantle, 
  being 
  of 
  

   a 
  more 
  olive 
  or 
  brownish 
  hue 
  on 
  the 
  exposed 
  portions, 
  with 
  considerable 
  rufous 
  on 
  

   the 
  inner 
  webs. 
  The 
  scapulars 
  show 
  a 
  great 
  extent 
  of 
  black, 
  the 
  olive 
  being 
  confined 
  

   to 
  the 
  margins. 
  On 
  the 
  inner 
  margin 
  of 
  the 
  wing 
  a 
  rufous 
  shaft-stripe 
  appears, 
  and 
  

   on 
  the 
  innermost 
  secondaries 
  only 
  the 
  terminal 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  feather 
  is 
  ashy, 
  with 
  

   a 
  large 
  elongated 
  black 
  spot 
  or 
  ocellus 
  on 
  the 
  outer 
  web, 
  all 
  the 
  remaining 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  

   feather 
  being 
  rufous, 
  irregularly 
  mottled 
  with 
  black. 
  As 
  we 
  proceed 
  outward 
  along 
  

   the 
  line 
  of 
  secondaries, 
  the 
  black 
  increases 
  and 
  solidifies, 
  until 
  the 
  pattern 
  alters 
  to 
  

   a 
  regular 
  dark-brown 
  feather, 
  a 
  narrow, 
  pale 
  rufous 
  shaft-stripe, 
  and 
  a 
  very 
  distinct 
  

   ashy-buff 
  margin 
  to 
  the 
  outer 
  web. 
  The 
  inner 
  four 
  primaries 
  are 
  almost 
  monochrome 
  

   dark 
  brown, 
  but 
  on 
  the 
  outer 
  six 
  the 
  entire 
  outer 
  web 
  is 
  ashy 
  pink, 
  the 
  outermost 
  

   showing 
  it 
  rather 
  less 
  distinctly 
  than 
  the 
  others. 
  

  

  The 
  shorter 
  upper 
  tail-coverts 
  are 
  like 
  the 
  rump, 
  but 
  on 
  the 
  longer 
  ones 
  rufous 
  

   obliterates 
  the 
  black, 
  and 
  we 
  finally 
  have 
  a 
  rufous 
  feather 
  with 
  an 
  indefinite 
  tinge 
  of 
  

   grey 
  on 
  the 
  margins 
  and 
  tip 
  and 
  two 
  faint 
  lines 
  of 
  dotted 
  mottlings 
  down 
  the 
  centre 
  

   of 
  the 
  web, 
  indicating 
  the 
  last 
  of 
  the 
  black 
  pigment. 
  

  

  There 
  are 
  eight 
  pairs 
  of 
  strongly 
  graduated 
  rectrices, 
  the 
  central 
  pair 
  being 
  almost 
  

   twice 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  outer 
  one. 
  This 
  central 
  pair 
  closely 
  resembles 
  the 
  longest 
  upper 
  

   tail-coverts, 
  except 
  that 
  the 
  rufous 
  is 
  still 
  stronger 
  and 
  the 
  grey 
  correspondingly 
  fainter. 
  

   The 
  succeeding 
  seven 
  pairs 
  are 
  rich 
  chestnut 
  on 
  the 
  outer 
  web, 
  with 
  the 
  inner 
  web 
  and 
  

   a 
  large 
  distal 
  area 
  black. 
  Each 
  feather 
  is 
  tipped 
  with 
  a 
  narrow 
  band 
  of 
  pure 
  white. 
  

  

  The 
  green 
  gloss 
  of 
  the 
  throat 
  shows 
  on 
  its 
  posterior 
  area 
  a 
  narrow 
  fringe 
  of 
  dark 
  

   chestnut, 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  lower 
  throat 
  this 
  colour 
  increases 
  abruptly. 
  In 
  many 
  adults 
  this 
  

   hue 
  covers 
  much 
  of 
  the 
  ventral 
  surface. 
  In 
  such 
  individuals 
  it 
  extends 
  dorsally 
  on 
  the 
  

   neck 
  as 
  a 
  semi-collar 
  as 
  far 
  around 
  as 
  the 
  posterior 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  white 
  patch. 
  On 
  

   the 
  side 
  breast, 
  sides 
  and 
  belly 
  it 
  passes 
  at 
  once 
  into 
  the 
  dark-centred, 
  ashy, 
  dorsal 
  

   pattern, 
  the 
  transition 
  feathers 
  being 
  chestnut 
  on 
  the 
  inner 
  web 
  and 
  black 
  and 
  ashy 
  grey 
  

   on 
  the 
  outer. 
  On 
  the 
  lower 
  belly 
  the 
  chestnut 
  colour 
  area 
  narrows 
  to 
  a 
  constricted 
  

   line, 
  which 
  extends 
  as 
  far 
  back 
  as 
  the 
  under 
  tail-coverts, 
  which 
  are 
  dominantly 
  chestnut, 
  

   with 
  slight 
  lateral 
  black 
  mottlings, 
  and 
  often 
  with 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  white 
  near 
  the 
  tip. 
  On 
  

   the 
  lower 
  belly 
  the 
  place 
  of 
  the 
  chestnut 
  is 
  taken 
  by 
  the 
  typical 
  black-centred 
  grey 
  

   feathers. 
  This 
  ventral 
  chestnut 
  area 
  is 
  extremely 
  variable, 
  measuring 
  in 
  width 
  from 
  

   40 
  to 
  90 
  mm. 
  

  

  