450 NOVITATES ZOOLOiaCAE XXIV. 1917. 



6. Phasianus colchicus zarudnyi Bui. 1894. 



Valley of middle course of Amu-Daria (Oxu.s), but exact limits of distribu- 

 tion not yet certain. 



? 7. Pkasiamts colchicus gonlivs Alph. & Bianchi 1908. 

 Synonym: Ph. tschardjuensis But. 1908. 

 Vide antia. (Not seen.) 



8. Phasianus colchicus zerajschanicus Tarnovski 1893. 

 Valley of Zerafshan in Buchara and Samarkand. 



9. Phasianus colchicus chrysomelas Sew. 1875. 

 Delta of Amu-Daria (Oxus), at least to Petro-Alexandrowsk. 



10. Phasianus colchicus hianchii But. 1904. 

 Mountains of Buchara, along Rivers Kafirnagan, Waksh, and Surkhan, and 

 near Termes (Tarmys) on the Uj^per Amu-Daria. 



? 11. Phasianus colchicus jabae Zar. 1909. 

 On the Amu-Daria, above "rdiardjui, Pos.sibly a specimen in the Triiig 

 Museum brought alive from " Afghan Turkestan " might belong to this form, 

 which is possibly a hybrid between zarudnyi and hianchii ; the type was obtained 

 in a district where " gardius " is said to live, and where zarudnyi is said to 

 appear sometimes from the west and " jabae " from the east ! 



12. Phasianus colchicus michailovski Zar. 1909. 



Said to live " in the districts round the Pamir and ]io.=:sibly in the Pamir 

 itself." According to description quite distinct. (Not .seen.) 



13. Phasianus colchicus shawi Ell. 1870. 

 Synonyms ; Ph. insignis Ell. 1870. 



Ph. shairi chrysomeloides Lorenz. 1909. 

 East Turkestan from Yarkand and Kashgar to the Lower Aksu and (.'hotan- 

 Daria. 



14. Phasianus colchicus mowjolicus Brandt 1844. 



Synonym : Ph. brandli Rothsch. 1901. 



Province of Semiretchensk and greater part of Sen ipalatinsk in Russian 

 Turkestan, and Kuldja, also the depressions of the Issik-Kul, Balkash, Ala- 

 Kul, and Saissan-Nor with their affluents. (" Ph. c. mongolicus " is a misnomer, 

 for it does not occur in real Mongolia.) 



? 15. Phasianus colchicus semitorquaius Sew. 1875. 

 Southern part of Dsungaria, west to the depression fif the Ebi-Nor and 

 east, according to Buturlin, to Gutchen. I have examined skins from Manas. 

 (From the material examined, this form appears to be quite recognisable, but. 



