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  A 
  MONOGRAPH 
  OF 
  THE 
  PHEASANTS 
  

  

  « 
  5 
  Chest 
  and 
  breast 
  considerably 
  lighter, 
  as 
  the 
  coppery-red 
  

   subterminal 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  feathers 
  is 
  wider 
  and 
  the 
  dark 
  

  

  green 
  margins 
  are 
  much 
  narrower 
  chrysomelas. 
  

  

  b 
  r 
  ° 
  Chest 
  and 
  breast 
  considerably 
  darker, 
  as 
  the 
  coppery-red 
  

   subterminal 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  feathers 
  is 
  narrower 
  and 
  the 
  dark 
  

  

  green 
  margins 
  are 
  much 
  broader 
  bianchii. 
  

  

  d" 
  Middle 
  of 
  breast 
  and 
  sides 
  of 
  belly 
  purplish 
  coppery 
  red. 
  

  

  e 
  z 
  Chest 
  and 
  upper 
  breast-feathers 
  with 
  narrow 
  blackish-blue 
  edges 
  ; 
  

  

  centre 
  of 
  belly 
  darker 
  brownish 
  ; 
  more 
  dark 
  coppery 
  red 
  . 
  . 
  persicus, 
  

  

  P 
  Only 
  on 
  the 
  sides 
  of 
  chest 
  and 
  breast 
  are 
  the 
  feathers 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  

  

  edged 
  with 
  black 
  ; 
  centre 
  of 
  belly 
  light 
  chestnut 
  red 
  ; 
  rump 
  

  

  more 
  golden 
  or 
  orange 
  red. 
  

  

  g 
  4 
  White 
  collar 
  incomplete 
  in 
  front 
  and 
  extremely 
  narrow, 
  but 
  

  

  quite 
  recognisable 
  ; 
  chest- 
  and 
  breast-feathers 
  very 
  narrowly 
  

  

  (about 
  T 
  Vinch 
  broad) 
  tipped 
  with 
  somewhat 
  light 
  purplish 
  

  

  red 
  bronze 
  and 
  often 
  with 
  a 
  narrow 
  blackish-blue 
  apical 
  

  

  shaft-streak 
  ; 
  scapulars 
  with 
  little 
  of 
  a 
  blackish-blue 
  apical 
  

  

  spot, 
  but 
  without 
  or 
  nearly 
  without 
  black 
  margins 
  ; 
  flanks 
  

  

  spotted 
  with 
  black 
  and 
  purplish 
  blue 
  zerafshanicus. 
  

  

  /z 
  4 
  Collar 
  extremely 
  narrow 
  and 
  broadly 
  interrupted 
  in 
  front 
  and 
  

   behind 
  ; 
  chest- 
  and 
  breast-feathers 
  widely 
  (about 
  |-inch 
  

   broad) 
  tipped 
  with 
  somewhat 
  dark 
  purplish-red 
  bronze 
  with 
  

   faint 
  greenish 
  gloss, 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  sides 
  of 
  these 
  parts 
  margined 
  

   with 
  blackish 
  green 
  ; 
  scapulars 
  tipped 
  with 
  blackish-green 
  

   spots, 
  but 
  with 
  no 
  or 
  hardly 
  any 
  black 
  margins 
  ; 
  flanks 
  

  

  spotted 
  with 
  blackish 
  green 
  zarudnyi. 
  

  

  z' 
  4 
  Collar 
  absent 
  or 
  only 
  some 
  white 
  spots, 
  as 
  traces 
  of 
  it, 
  visible; 
  

   chest- 
  and 
  breast-feathers 
  widely 
  (about 
  |-inch 
  broad) 
  tipped 
  

   with 
  somewhat 
  light 
  purplish-red 
  bronze, 
  without 
  greenish 
  

   gloss 
  and 
  black 
  apical 
  shaft-streaks 
  ; 
  scapulars 
  margined 
  and 
  

  

  widely 
  tipped 
  with 
  blackish 
  blue 
  principalis. 
  

  

  b 
  Lower 
  back, 
  rump 
  and 
  upper 
  tail-coverts 
  of 
  a 
  light 
  and 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  dead 
  

   lavender-blue, 
  greenish- 
  or 
  yellowish-grey, 
  or 
  olive-greenish 
  colour 
  ; 
  

   a 
  rusty 
  orange 
  patch 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  rump 
  ; 
  black 
  tail-bars 
  generally 
  

   broad. 
  

   c' 
  No 
  white 
  collar 
  or 
  only 
  slight 
  traces 
  of 
  it. 
  

  

  e" 
  Dark 
  green 
  of 
  the 
  neck 
  extending 
  to 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  chest 
  and 
  breast. 
  

  

  j 
  s 
  Flanks 
  golden 
  buff; 
  mantle 
  bright 
  sandy 
  red 
  ; 
  scapulars 
  bright 
  

  

  sandy 
  red 
  or 
  light 
  brownish 
  maroon 
  with 
  lighter 
  edges, 
  but 
  not 
  

  

  freckled 
  with 
  whitish 
  or 
  blackish 
  in 
  the 
  centres 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  vlangalii. 
  

  

  k 
  z 
  Flanks 
  coppery 
  maroon 
  ; 
  mantle 
  maroon, 
  scapulars 
  bright 
  maroon 
  

  

  with 
  paler 
  tips 
  and 
  black 
  and 
  buff 
  centres 
  .... 
  elegans. 
  

  

  f" 
  Dark 
  green 
  of 
  the 
  neck 
  banded 
  in 
  front 
  by 
  the 
  golden 
  yellow, 
  fiery 
  

   or 
  coppery 
  red 
  of 
  the 
  chest. 
  

   I 
  s 
  Chest- 
  and 
  breast-feathers 
  broadly 
  margined 
  with 
  black, 
  this 
  black 
  

   having 
  a 
  dark 
  green 
  gloss; 
  middle 
  of 
  breast 
  and 
  sides 
  of 
  belly 
  

   slightly 
  glossed 
  with 
  purplish 
  green 
  ; 
  flanks 
  buff 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  decollatus. 
  

   m 
  z 
  Chest- 
  and 
  breast-feathers 
  narrowly 
  margined 
  with 
  black 
  ; 
  flanks 
  

  

  darker 
  strauchi. 
  

  

  d" 
  White 
  collar 
  present, 
  but 
  narrow, 
  and 
  completely 
  or 
  nearly 
  inter- 
  

   rupted 
  in 
  front. 
  

   g" 
  Chest- 
  and 
  breast-feathers 
  broadly 
  margined 
  with 
  blackish 
  green 
  ; 
  

   general 
  colour 
  very 
  pale. 
  

   n 
  3 
  Scapulars 
  margined 
  with 
  sandy 
  brown 
  ; 
  general 
  colour 
  of 
  mantle 
  

   and 
  flanks 
  yellowish 
  buff; 
  chest 
  glossed 
  with 
  pink 
  ; 
  rump 
  

   mostly 
  grey 
  ; 
  superciliaries 
  completely 
  or 
  nearly 
  wanting 
  . 
  saischeuensis. 
  

   o 
  s 
  Scapulars 
  margined 
  with 
  red 
  maroon 
  ; 
  general 
  colour 
  of 
  mantle 
  

   and 
  flanks 
  very 
  pale 
  primrose 
  ; 
  chest 
  slightly 
  glossed 
  with 
  pink 
  ; 
  

   rump 
  more 
  greenish 
  ; 
  white 
  superciliaries 
  better 
  marked 
  . 
  . 
  formosanus. 
  

   h" 
  Chest- 
  and 
  breast-feathers 
  not 
  margined 
  or 
  very 
  narrowly 
  margined 
  

  

  with 
  blackish 
  blue 
  ; 
  general 
  colour 
  bright 
  torquatus. 
  

  

  e' 
  White 
  collar 
  complete 
  and 
  very 
  broad, 
  even 
  in 
  front. 
  

  

  