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of the latter specimen were as follows :—Iris yellow, divided 
by a dark zone ; bill black ; legs dark coral-red. Wing 7'6 
inches, tail about 8*2, total length 15*4. The crop was 
crammed with Indian corn. 
The native hunters told me that formerly this Dove was 
common at Kuatun, and that they used to catch numbers in 
their rat-traps. One of these men told me that during one 
of our expeditions up Mount David he had seen a green 
Pigeon (Chalcophaps indica ?). 
<4 165. Phasianus torquatus Gm. 
The Ring-necked Pheasant is very abundant among the 
Wu Yi hills; it also occurs sparingly on the grasslands near 
Kuatun. 
166. Phasianus ellioti Swinhoe. 
Elliot’s Pheasant is apparently very rare in the Kuatun 
Mountains, and is but seldom trapped by the local hunters. 
The tail-feathers of a male were brought to us in spring 
1897 by our men, and a fine male was collected by one of 
the native hunters previous to our arrival at Kuatun in 1898. 
This same hunter said that shortly after our coming he saw 
another in the forest nearest the village. 
167. Euplocamus nvcthemerus (Linn.). 
Common in the forest near Kuatun. 
+ 168. Pucrasia darwini Swinh. 
Common in the Kuatun Mountains. It is met with in the 
bamboo-groves and more open parts of the country, as well 
as in the forests. One of the native hunters had found the 
eggs, which he said were white. 
169. Ceriornxs caboti Gould. 
CaboPs Tragopan is not uncommon in the forests near P 
Kuatun, and on various occasions we have received speci¬ 
mens trapped by the natives. Only four specimens were 
obtained by us during our stay at Kuatun: an adult male 
which had been trapped in March ; a young male assuming 
adult plumage, trapped on the 30th March ; and two females, 
shot by our hunters in the forests on the 13th April and the 
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