﻿PLATE 
  XLVII 
  

  

  YELLOW-NECKED 
  KOKLASS 
  PHEASANT 
  

   Pucrasia 
  xanthospila 
  xanthospila 
  Gray 
  

  

  On 
  a 
  bitterly 
  cold, 
  rainy 
  day, 
  near 
  the 
  Great 
  Wall 
  of 
  China 
  I 
  heard 
  the 
  crow 
  of 
  one 
  of 
  these 
  

   pheasants, 
  and 
  although 
  I 
  had 
  no 
  dog 
  I 
  stalked 
  the 
  bird. 
  Through 
  the 
  mist 
  the 
  stunted 
  vegetation 
  

   showed 
  dull 
  brownish, 
  dripping, 
  saturated, 
  while 
  the 
  rocks 
  had 
  no 
  healthy 
  covering 
  of 
  moss 
  and 
  lichens, 
  

   but 
  a 
  dark, 
  shining 
  slime 
  which 
  made 
  walking 
  very 
  difficult. 
  Across 
  a 
  small 
  open 
  space 
  I 
  saw 
  the 
  

   Koklass 
  run 
  swiftly, 
  the 
  white 
  neck 
  patch 
  and 
  tail-tips 
  flashing 
  conspicuously 
  as 
  it 
  went. 
  

  

  