326 PHASIANID^. 



a. S fid. sk. Bala-Murghab, Feb. (Aitchi- Afghan Delim. Comm. 



son). fP-]- 



h. 2 ad. sk. Karaol-Khana, Feb. {Aitchi- Atgliau Delim. Comm. 



son) 



[P.]. 



4. Phasianus zerafshanicus. 



Phasianus zerafshanicus, Tarnovski, Field, Ixxvii. p. 409 (1891). 

 Phasianus klossovskii, Tarnovski, Field, Ixxvii. p. 409 (1891). 

 Phasianus tarnovskii, Seehohm, P. Z. S. 1892, p. 271 [Zarafshan 

 VaUey]. 



Adult male very closely allied to the male of P. principalis, but 

 the scapulars are not margined with dark greenish purple, aud the 

 breast-feathers have narrow heart-shaped purplish margins. 



Hah. Zarafshan Valley. 



5. Phasianus shawi. 



Phasianus shawi, Elliot, P. Z. 8. 1870, p. 403 [Yarkand] ; id. Monog. 

 Phas. ii. pi. i. [text] (1872) ; Scicfli/, Str. F. iii. p. 483 (1875), iv. 

 pp. 75, 80, 83, 179 (1876) [Kashgar, Beshkant, larkand] ; Gould, 

 B. Asia,y\\. pi. 35 (187C) ; Seebohm, Ibis, 1887, p. 171 ; id. P. Z. S. 



Phsi 



Monoff. Phas. ii. pi. iii. [text] (1872) ; Hculli/, Sir. F. iii. p. 433 



(1875). 

 Phasianus chrysomelas, Flbot, Str. F. v. p. 198 (1877). 



Adult male. Differs chiefly from F. colchicus in having the lesser 

 and median wing-coverts white or whitish buff ; the lower back 

 and rump aud upper tail-coverts without any purplish-lake gloss, 

 and the feathers of the two former with a subterminal green spot 

 on each side of the shaft ; the chest and breast-feathers edged with 

 dark green, and the middle of the breast and sides of the belly dark 

 green. It is distinguished from P. chrysomelas by the tips of the 

 flank-feathers being purplish green instead of green, and the much 

 narrower margins to the feathers of the chest, breast, and mantle. 

 Total length 83-5 inches, wing 9-6, tail 19-5, tarsus 2-7. 



Adult female. Much paler than tlie female of P. colchicus ; no 

 chestnut on the feathers of the mantle, of which the ground-colour 

 is pale rufous-buif ; the ground-colour of the rest of the plumage is 

 whitish buff. Total length 23-4 inches, wing 8-3, tail 11-2, 

 tarsus 2"3. 



Hab. Valleys of the Yarkand, Kashgar, Aksu, and Khotan Elvers. 



ft, 6. J 2 ad. sk. Ka^ligar (Dr. Bellew). India Museum [P.]. 



c, d. cJ $ ad. sk. Maralbashi, Jan. (/. Bid- Hume Coll. 



dulj^h). 



e. (S ad. sk. Maralbashi, Jan. (/. Bid- India Museum [P.]. 



dulph) . 



f-h. d' 2 ad.sk. Yarkand, March. Hume Coll. 



i. 2 ad. sk. Yarkand, P'eb. (,/. Scully). Hume Coll. 



A;, c? ad. sk.* Beshkant, Feb. (J. <Sc(/Z/y). Hume Coll. 



* With imperfect white collar. 



