﻿PHOTOGRAVURE 
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  YUNNAN 
  BLACK-NECKED 
  OR 
  STONE'S 
  PHEASANT 
  

  

  Phasianus 
  colchicus 
  elegans 
  Elliot 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  the 
  only 
  member 
  of 
  the 
  entire 
  genus 
  which 
  occurs 
  within 
  the 
  boundaries 
  of 
  British 
  India. 
  

   In 
  Yunnan 
  the 
  bird 
  is 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  general 
  environment 
  as 
  the 
  silver 
  kaleege 
  pheasants. 
  A 
  

   hunter 
  I 
  knew 
  drove 
  a 
  cock 
  bird 
  out 
  of 
  cover 
  into 
  a 
  ploughed 
  field, 
  and 
  a 
  golden 
  eagle 
  made 
  a 
  swoop 
  

   at 
  it 
  but 
  missed. 
  

  

  Stone's 
  pheasant 
  roams 
  over 
  the 
  wooded 
  heights 
  of 
  the 
  maze 
  of 
  mountains 
  along 
  the 
  Burma-Chinese 
  

   frontier, 
  and 
  finds 
  its 
  food 
  by 
  scratching 
  among 
  the 
  dead 
  leaves 
  and 
  ferns 
  of 
  the 
  forest 
  undergrowth. 
  

  

  