﻿LIST 
  OF 
  COLOURED 
  PLATES, 
  PHOTOGRAVURES 
  

  

  AND 
  MAPS 
  

  

  COLOURED 
  PLATES 
  

  

  Plate 
  XLV. 
  THE 
  COMMON 
  KOKLASS 
  PHEASANT 
  Pucrasia 
  macrolopha 
  macrolopha 
  

   (Lesson) 
  Frontispiece 
  

  

  Painted 
  by 
  G. 
  E. 
  Lodge. 
  

  

  This 
  Koklass 
  is 
  shy 
  and 
  rather 
  solitary, 
  adverse 
  to 
  gathering 
  in 
  large 
  flocks 
  even 
  to 
  feed. 
  

   It 
  is 
  pre-eminently 
  monogamous, 
  and 
  the 
  pairs 
  remain 
  together 
  throughout 
  the 
  year. 
  

  

  It 
  invariably 
  roosts 
  in 
  trees. 
  I 
  have 
  found 
  them 
  well 
  up 
  in 
  deep 
  conifers, 
  and 
  they 
  return 
  

   night 
  after 
  night 
  to 
  their 
  favourite 
  perch. 
  In 
  spring, 
  at 
  least, 
  they 
  roost 
  in 
  pairs, 
  or 
  the 
  male 
  

   alone 
  when 
  the 
  female 
  has 
  begun 
  to 
  sit. 
  

  

  Plate 
  XLVI. 
  KASHMIR 
  KOKLASS 
  PHEASANT 
  Pucrasia 
  macrohpha 
  biddulphi 
  

  

  Marshall 
  ......... 
  Facing 
  page 
  24 
  

  

  (Upper 
  left-hand 
  figure) 
  

  

  WESTERN 
  KOKLASS 
  PHEASANT 
  Pucrasia 
  macrolopha 
  castanea 
  Gould 
  

  

  (Lower 
  figure) 
  

  

  NEPAL 
  KOKLASS 
  PHEASANT 
  Pucrasia 
  macrolopha 
  nipalensis 
  Gould 
  

  

  (Right-hand 
  figure) 
  

   Painted 
  by 
  G. 
  E. 
  Lodge. 
  

  

  The 
  sides 
  and 
  flanks 
  are 
  grey 
  in 
  the 
  Kashmir 
  bird, 
  chestnut 
  in 
  the 
  Western 
  Koklass, 
  and 
  

   nearly 
  black 
  in 
  the 
  Nepal 
  form. 
  

  

  Their 
  habits 
  are 
  similar, 
  and 
  in 
  all 
  parts 
  of 
  their 
  mountainous 
  range 
  we 
  find 
  conifers 
  over- 
  

   head, 
  and, 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  painting, 
  beds 
  of 
  tall 
  saxifrage 
  pushing 
  up 
  through 
  the 
  fallen 
  needles 
  and 
  

   cones, 
  their 
  filmy 
  heads 
  nodding 
  in 
  the 
  dim 
  forest 
  light. 
  

  

  Plate 
  XLVI 
  I. 
  YELLOW-NECKED 
  KOKLASS 
  PHEASANT 
  Pucrasia 
  xanthospila 
  

  

  xanthospila 
  Gray 
  ....... 
  Facing 
  page 
  32 
  

  

  Painted 
  by 
  G. 
  E. 
  Lodge. 
  

  

  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. 
  

  

  Plate 
  XLVIII. 
  DARWIN'S 
  KOKLASS 
  PHEASANT 
  Pucrasia 
  darwini 
  darwini 
  

  

  Swinhoe 
  ......... 
  Facing 
  page 
  42 
  

  

  (Lower 
  left-hand 
  figure) 
  

  

  STYAN'S 
  KOKLASS 
  PHEASANT 
  Pucrasia 
  darwini 
  styani 
  Grant 
  

  

  (Upper 
  right-hand 
  figure) 
  

   Painted 
  by 
  G. 
  E. 
  Lodge. 
  

  

  The 
  lower 
  plumage 
  is 
  a 
  warm 
  chestnut 
  in 
  Darwin's 
  Koklass, 
  but 
  clear 
  black 
  and 
  grey 
  in 
  

   Styan's 
  Pheasant. 
  

  

  These 
  birds 
  live 
  in 
  the 
  uplands 
  of 
  the 
  coastal 
  provinces 
  of 
  east-central 
  China, 
  where 
  they 
  

   range 
  through 
  the 
  bamboo 
  groves 
  on 
  the 
  open 
  hillsides. 
  They 
  are 
  everywhere 
  rare 
  and 
  seldom 
  

   seen 
  or 
  shot. 
  

  

  