拍品专文
This pheasant was found in the mountains of east China bordering on the Himalayas and skins were sent to England by Sir Frederick W.A. Bruce. They were first described by G.R. Gray in 1864. Subsequently other skins and living birds were brought to Europe in considerable numbers.
The male and female are depicted nearly lifesize.
G.R. Gray, Proceedings of the Zoological Society 1864, p.259, pl.XX
E.G. Elliot, Monograph of the Phasianidae, 1872, I, pl.30
DISTRIBUTION: Southern Asia: eastern Afghanistan east through the Himalayas of northern Pakistan and northern India to Nepal and to eastern Tibet and central and eastern China. The birds depicted belong to the subspecies Pucrasia macrolopha xanthospila, the Yellow-necked Koklass Pheasant, which occurs in northern Shensi and Inner Mongolia north-east to Hopeh and south-west Manchuria
The male and female are depicted nearly lifesize.
G.R. Gray, Proceedings of the Zoological Society 1864, p.259, pl.XX
E.G. Elliot, Monograph of the Phasianidae, 1872, I, pl.30
DISTRIBUTION: Southern Asia: eastern Afghanistan east through the Himalayas of northern Pakistan and northern India to Nepal and to eastern Tibet and central and eastern China. The birds depicted belong to the subspecies Pucrasia macrolopha xanthospila, the Yellow-necked Koklass Pheasant, which occurs in northern Shensi and Inner Mongolia north-east to Hopeh and south-west Manchuria