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  A 
  MONOGRAPH 
  OF 
  THE 
  PHEASANTS 
  

  

  either 
  side 
  with 
  black 
  ; 
  remaining 
  tail-feathers 
  dull 
  chestnut 
  with 
  similar 
  bars 
  ; 
  in 
  all 
  

   the 
  tail-feathers 
  the 
  markings 
  are 
  irregular 
  and 
  somewhat 
  mottled, 
  giving 
  a 
  mottled 
  

   appearance 
  to 
  the 
  whole. 
  

  

  Below, 
  the 
  chin 
  and 
  throat 
  are 
  pale 
  bumsh, 
  obsoletely 
  barred 
  with 
  dark 
  brown 
  ; 
  

   forehead 
  and 
  upper 
  breast 
  with 
  bolder 
  bars 
  of 
  black 
  and 
  black 
  centres, 
  and 
  washed 
  with 
  

   a 
  pinky 
  reddish 
  tinge 
  ; 
  lower 
  breast, 
  flanks 
  and 
  abdomen 
  dull 
  greyish-buff, 
  with 
  

   numerous 
  faint 
  vermiculations 
  of 
  grey 
  brown, 
  and 
  with 
  visible 
  centres 
  of 
  deep 
  chestnut- 
  

   brown 
  ; 
  under 
  tail 
  coverts 
  the 
  same 
  marked 
  with 
  chestnut. 
  Three 
  females 
  from 
  Chang 
  

   Youn, 
  in 
  China, 
  are 
  more 
  richly 
  coloured 
  above 
  than 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  more 
  western 
  birds, 
  but 
  

   at 
  the 
  same 
  time 
  have 
  practically 
  no 
  dark 
  markings 
  on 
  the 
  lower 
  breast 
  and 
  abdomen 
  ; 
  

   the 
  flanks 
  and 
  thigh 
  coverts 
  are, 
  however, 
  fully 
  as 
  boldly 
  marked 
  as 
  the 
  other 
  birds. 
  

   (My 
  own 
  notes 
  state 
  that 
  the 
  facial 
  skin, 
  legs 
  and 
  feet 
  are 
  pale 
  lead-grey. 
  — 
  W. 
  B.) 
  

  

  Measurements 
  : 
  bill 
  from 
  gape, 
  33 
  mm.; 
  wing, 
  1981 
  to 
  2083 
  ; 
  tail, 
  2464 
  to 
  27i'8; 
  

   tarsus, 
  609 
  to 
  66 
  mm. 
  

  

  SYNONYMY 
  

  

  Phasianus 
  elegans 
  Elliot, 
  Ann. 
  Mag. 
  Nat. 
  Hist. 
  (4), 
  VI. 
  1870, 
  p. 
  312 
  ; 
  Sclater, 
  Proc. 
  Zool. 
  Soc. 
  London, 
  1870, 
  

   p. 
  670 
  (Yun-ling 
  Mts., 
  W. 
  Sze-cheun) 
  ; 
  Elliot, 
  Mono. 
  Phas., 
  II. 
  1872, 
  pi. 
  VIII. 
  (text) 
  ; 
  Seebohm, 
  Ibis, 
  1888, 
  p. 
  315 
  ; 
  

   Grant, 
  Cat. 
  Birds 
  Brit. 
  Mus., 
  XXII. 
  1893, 
  p. 
  329 
  ; 
  Grant, 
  Hand-list 
  Game-birds, 
  II. 
  1897, 
  p. 
  31 
  ; 
  Blanford, 
  Fauna 
  

   Brit. 
  India, 
  Birds, 
  IV. 
  1898, 
  p. 
  81 
  ; 
  Oates, 
  Man. 
  Game-birds, 
  I. 
  1898, 
  p. 
  299 
  ; 
  Styan, 
  Ibis, 
  1899, 
  p. 
  298 
  ; 
  Davies, 
  

   Ibis, 
  1901, 
  p. 
  408 
  ; 
  Buturlin, 
  Ibis, 
  1904, 
  p. 
  411 
  ; 
  Harrington, 
  Jour. 
  Bombay 
  Nat. 
  Hist. 
  Soc, 
  XIX. 
  1909, 
  p. 
  301 
  ; 
  

   Sclater, 
  Ibis, 
  1912, 
  p. 
  554 
  ; 
  Ingram, 
  Nov. 
  Zool., 
  XIX. 
  1912, 
  p. 
  271 
  ; 
  Bailey, 
  Geog. 
  Jour., 
  XXXIX. 
  1912, 
  p. 
  346; 
  

   Bailey, 
  Jour. 
  Bombay 
  Nat. 
  Hist. 
  Soc, 
  XXII. 
  1913, 
  p. 
  367 
  ; 
  Bangs 
  and 
  Phillips, 
  Bull. 
  Mus. 
  Comp. 
  Zool, 
  LVIII. 
  

   No. 
  6, 
  1914, 
  p. 
  269 
  ; 
  Baker, 
  Jour. 
  Bombay 
  Nat. 
  Hist. 
  Soc, 
  XXV. 
  No. 
  3, 
  191 
  8, 
  p. 
  358. 
  

  

  Phasianus 
  sladeni 
  Anders, 
  MS. 
  ; 
  Elliot, 
  Proc. 
  Zool. 
  Soc 
  London, 
  1870, 
  pp. 
  404-8; 
  Anders, 
  Proc. 
  Zool. 
  Soc. 
  

   London, 
  1871, 
  p. 
  214; 
  Swinhoe, 
  Proc. 
  Zool. 
  London, 
  1871, 
  p. 
  387 
  ; 
  David 
  et 
  Oustalet, 
  Ois. 
  Chine, 
  1877, 
  p. 
  411; 
  

   Anders, 
  Birds 
  W. 
  Yunnan, 
  1878, 
  p. 
  671. 
  

  

  Phasianus 
  colchicus 
  elegans 
  Rothschild, 
  Bull. 
  Brit. 
  Orn. 
  Club, 
  XIV. 
  1904, 
  p. 
  37; 
  Hartert, 
  Nov. 
  Zool., 
  XXIV. 
  

   1917, 
  p. 
  451. 
  

  

  Phasianus 
  siichschanensis 
  Bianchi, 
  Bull. 
  Acad. 
  St. 
  Petersb., 
  V. 
  ser. 
  T. 
  XXIV. 
  No. 
  1 
  & 
  2c, 
  1906, 
  p. 
  83 
  ; 
  

   Buturlin, 
  Ibis, 
  1908, 
  p. 
  574. 
  

  

  