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  A 
  MONOGRAPH 
  OF 
  THE 
  PHEASANTS 
  

  

  metallic 
  green 
  ; 
  the 
  pinkish 
  gives 
  place 
  to 
  sandy 
  buff 
  on 
  the 
  back 
  and 
  wing-coverts, 
  

   which 
  are 
  characterized 
  by 
  wide 
  margins 
  of 
  this 
  colour 
  ; 
  the 
  black 
  is 
  also 
  supplanted 
  by 
  

   chestnut, 
  the 
  pattern 
  of 
  these 
  areas 
  in 
  the 
  undisturbed 
  plumage 
  being 
  thus 
  chestnut, 
  

   with 
  a 
  wide 
  pale 
  buff 
  border 
  and 
  a 
  broad 
  wedge 
  of 
  black 
  extending 
  half-way 
  up 
  the 
  

   shaft 
  ; 
  on 
  the 
  rump 
  and 
  upper 
  tail-coverts 
  the 
  black 
  wedge 
  reaches 
  the 
  tip, 
  isolating 
  two 
  

   lateral 
  patches 
  which 
  have 
  changed 
  from 
  chestnut 
  to 
  a 
  brownish 
  buff. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  flight-feathers, 
  the 
  buffy 
  margin 
  has 
  so 
  increased 
  that 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  considered 
  

   the 
  ground-colour, 
  the 
  remaining 
  pattern 
  being 
  a 
  broad, 
  bold 
  barring 
  of 
  black, 
  with 
  

   more 
  or 
  less 
  tinging 
  of 
  chestnut 
  in 
  the 
  interspaces 
  ; 
  tail, 
  dark 
  red 
  or 
  often 
  pinkish, 
  

   brown 
  mottled 
  with 
  dark 
  and 
  with 
  black 
  bars 
  similar 
  to 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  male, 
  which, 
  

   however, 
  are 
  narrowly 
  bordered 
  posteriorly 
  with 
  pale 
  buff; 
  the 
  outer 
  pairs 
  show 
  a 
  

   succession 
  of 
  cross-bars 
  of 
  black, 
  pale 
  buff, 
  black 
  and 
  reddish 
  brown, 
  one 
  after 
  the 
  other. 
  

  

  The 
  facial 
  area 
  is 
  rather 
  thinly 
  feathered, 
  and 
  especially 
  below 
  the 
  eye 
  with 
  pure 
  

   white; 
  chin 
  and 
  throat, 
  clear 
  sandy 
  buff; 
  under 
  neck, 
  pinkish 
  grey 
  and 
  the 
  remainder 
  

   of 
  the 
  plumage 
  sandy 
  buff, 
  all 
  the 
  feathers 
  strongly 
  barred 
  with 
  black 
  ; 
  on 
  the 
  under 
  

   tail-coverts 
  this 
  buff 
  becomes 
  chestnut 
  and 
  the 
  feathers 
  are 
  tipped 
  with 
  white. 
  

  

  Mandibles 
  dusky 
  horn 
  colour 
  ; 
  legs 
  and 
  feet 
  dusky 
  ; 
  irides 
  hazel. 
  Length, 
  

   650 
  mm. 
  ; 
  culmen, 
  29 
  ; 
  wing, 
  204 
  ; 
  tail, 
  255 
  ; 
  tarsus, 
  65 
  mm. 
  

  

  SYNONYMY 
  

  

  Phasianus 
  versicolor 
  Vieill., 
  Gal. 
  Ois., 
  II. 
  1825, 
  p. 
  23, 
  pi. 
  205; 
  Gray, 
  in 
  Griff, 
  ed. 
  Cuvier, 
  III. 
  1829, 
  p. 
  23, 
  

   pi. 
  ; 
  Temm., 
  PI. 
  Col., 
  V. 
  1830, 
  pis. 
  6, 
  7 
  (Nos. 
  486, 
  493) 
  ; 
  Less., 
  Traite 
  d'Orn., 
  1831, 
  p. 
  496; 
  Schinz, 
  Nat. 
  Abbild. 
  

   Vog., 
  1833, 
  p. 
  251, 
  pi. 
  96; 
  Jard., 
  Nat. 
  Lib. 
  Orn., 
  IV. 
  1834, 
  p. 
  200, 
  pis. 
  XIV 
  and 
  XV; 
  Gray, 
  Gen. 
  Birds, 
  III. 
  1845, 
  

   p. 
  497; 
  Schinz, 
  Nat. 
  Vog., 
  1853, 
  p. 
  150, 
  pi. 
  72; 
  Cassin, 
  Perry's 
  Exped. 
  Japan, 
  II. 
  1856, 
  p. 
  223, 
  pi. 
  I 
  (Simoda) 
  ; 
  

   Gould, 
  Birds 
  Asia, 
  VII. 
  1857, 
  pi. 
  40; 
  Sclat. 
  and 
  Wolf, 
  Zool. 
  Sketches, 
  I. 
  1861, 
  pi. 
  38; 
  Sclater, 
  List 
  Phas., 
  1863, 
  

   p. 
  4; 
  Sclater, 
  Proc. 
  Zool. 
  Soc. 
  London, 
  1863, 
  p. 
  116; 
  Gray, 
  List 
  Gall. 
  Brit. 
  Mus., 
  1867, 
  p. 
  28; 
  Gray, 
  Hand-list 
  

   Birds, 
  II. 
  1870, 
  p. 
  258; 
  Elliot, 
  Mon. 
  Phas., 
  1872, 
  II. 
  pi. 
  IX 
  (text); 
  Swinhoe, 
  Ibis, 
  1875, 
  p. 
  452 
  (Hakodadi) 
  ; 
  

   Blakist 
  and 
  Pryer, 
  Ibis, 
  1878, 
  p. 
  226 
  (Hondo); 
  Seebohm, 
  Ibis, 
  1888, 
  p. 
  313 
  ; 
  Seebohm, 
  Birds 
  Japan, 
  1890, 
  p. 
  370 
  

   (Japanese 
  Islands 
  except 
  Yezo) 
  ; 
  Grant, 
  Cat. 
  Birds 
  Brit. 
  Mus., 
  XXII. 
  1893, 
  p. 
  334; 
  Grant, 
  Hand-book 
  Game- 
  

   birds, 
  II. 
  1897, 
  p. 
  32; 
  Nehrkorn, 
  Katolog 
  der 
  Eiersammlung, 
  1899, 
  p. 
  194; 
  Sharpe, 
  Hand-list 
  Birds 
  I. 
  1899, 
  

   p. 
  38 
  ; 
  Oates, 
  Cat. 
  Birds' 
  Eggs 
  Brit. 
  Mus., 
  I. 
  1901, 
  p. 
  58 
  ; 
  Dresser, 
  Manual 
  Palae. 
  Birds, 
  II. 
  1903, 
  p. 
  664; 
  Buturlin, 
  

   Ibis, 
  1904, 
  p. 
  412; 
  Gunther, 
  Proc. 
  Zool. 
  Soc. 
  London, 
  1904, 
  II. 
  p. 
  130; 
  Tegetmeier, 
  Pheasants, 
  1904, 
  p. 
  165; 
  

   Parlett, 
  The 
  Field, 
  CVII. 
  1906, 
  p. 
  629 
  (White 
  variety) 
  ; 
  Ingram, 
  Ibis, 
  1908, 
  p. 
  168; 
  Buturlin, 
  Ibis, 
  1908, 
  p. 
  593; 
  

   Mitchell, 
  Proc. 
  Zool. 
  Soc. 
  London, 
  191 
  1, 
  p. 
  521 
  (Viability) 
  ; 
  Finn, 
  Game-birds 
  India 
  and 
  Asia, 
  191 
  1, 
  p. 
  59. 
  

  

  Phasianus 
  diardi, 
  Temm., 
  PL 
  Col. 
  V. 
  1830 
  (text 
  to 
  Ph. 
  versicolor). 
  

  

  Phasianus 
  colchicus 
  versicolor, 
  Rothschild, 
  Bull. 
  Brit. 
  Orn. 
  Club, 
  XIV. 
  1904, 
  p. 
  37; 
  Millais, 
  Nat. 
  Hist. 
  Brit. 
  

   Game-birds, 
  1909, 
  p. 
  106. 
  

  

  