﻿IJIMA'S 
  COPPER 
  PHEASANT 
  175 
  

  

  distinct. 
  The 
  central 
  tail-feathers 
  show 
  no 
  grey 
  barring 
  in 
  Ijimae, 
  but 
  only 
  a 
  homo- 
  

   genous 
  mottling 
  ; 
  the 
  white 
  tips 
  of 
  the 
  lateral 
  tail-feathers 
  are 
  broken 
  with 
  mottling 
  ; 
  

   the 
  visible 
  ventral 
  surface 
  is 
  of 
  a 
  more 
  homogenous 
  buffy 
  colour. 
  

  

  Bill 
  from 
  nostril, 
  15 
  mm.; 
  wing, 
  210; 
  tail, 
  205; 
  tarsus, 
  56; 
  middle 
  toe 
  and 
  

   claw, 
  53- 
  Spurs 
  are 
  short 
  and 
  blunt, 
  2 
  mm. 
  in 
  length. 
  

  

  SYNONYMY 
  

  

  Phasianus 
  ijimae 
  Dresser, 
  Ibis, 
  1902, 
  p. 
  656; 
  Ogama, 
  Annotat. 
  Zool. 
  Japon., 
  VI., 
  1908, 
  p. 
  357; 
  Buturlin, 
  

   Ibis, 
  1908, 
  p. 
  584. 
  

  

  Subsp. 
  Phasianus 
  ijimae 
  Dresser, 
  Manual 
  Palaearctic 
  Birds, 
  pt. 
  II., 
  1903, 
  p. 
  668. 
  

  

  Phasianus 
  soemmerringi 
  ijimae 
  Rothschild, 
  Bull. 
  Brit. 
  Orn. 
  Club, 
  XIV., 
  1904, 
  p. 
  37 
  ; 
  Buturlin, 
  Ibis, 
  1004, 
  

   pp. 
  377, 
  413 
  ; 
  Rothschild, 
  Bull. 
  Brit. 
  Orn. 
  Club, 
  XXL, 
  1907, 
  p. 
  24. 
  

  

  Syrmaticus 
  soemmerringii 
  ijimae 
  Beebe, 
  Zoologica, 
  I., 
  no. 
  15, 
  1914, 
  p. 
  283. 
  

  

  