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G. Phasianus tarimensis. 



Pliasianus shawi, Prjev. {nee Elliot) Isvest. Imp. liuss. Geogr. Obsch. 



xiii. p. :37o (lf^77) [Lob-nor]. 

 riiasianus tariiuonsis, Ih-jev. JDritte lirise in Cent. As. p. 9o (1883) ; 



id. IteUen in Tibet, p. 59 (1884) [Tarim] ; Pleske, P. Z. S. 1888, 



p. 415 (Karascliar to Lob-nor], 



Adult male. Very closely allied to the male of P. shaivi, but 

 differs in having the wing-coverts yellowish brown instead of ashy 

 grey, and the margins of the feathers of the rump and of the upper 

 tail-coverts green and l)uff instead of orange-red. Total length 

 3U'3 inches, wing 'J-;}, tail lG-3, tarsus 2-S. 



Adult ftmale. llescmbles the female of P. shaivi. 



]l(d>. Ivanging from Karaschar along the Tarira Valley to Lob-nor. 



a. (S ad. sk. Bagratsch-Kul, near Karaschar, St. Petersburg 31 u- 



Nov. seum [E.]. 



6, c. cJ ? ad.sk. Lob-nor, Feb., Dec. (P/^'era/sZie). St. Petersburg Mu- 

 seum [E.]. 



7. Phasianus chrysomelas. 



Phasianus chrysomelas, Severtz. Lull. Mosc. xlviii. pt. 3, p. 207 (1875) 

 [Amu-Darya] ; id. Ibis, 1875, p. 493 [Lower Amu- Darya] ; id. 

 J.f. O. 1875, p. 225; Gould, £. Asia, vii. pi. 36 (1876); Boffd. 

 Consp. Av. lioss. fasc. i. p. 20 (1884) [Amu-Darya]; Seebohm, 

 Ibis, 1887, p. 172; Pleske, Mem. Ac. St. Pelersb. (j) xxxvi. no. 3, 

 p. 48 (1888) [KasaUnsk]. 



Pliasianus dorrandti, Severtz. J.f. O. 1875, p. 225. 



Phasiamis oxianus, Sei-er/z. J. f. O. 1875, p. 225. 



Phasianus insignis, Elliot, Ibis, 1876, p. 132. 



Adult male. Differs from P. shawi chiefly in having the feathers of 

 the mantle widely edged with green, the chest, breast, and flanks very 

 widely tipped with the same colour, each of the feathers of the lower 

 back and rump with a triangular green spot at the end of the shaft, 

 and the black lines on the tail-feathers much narrower. Total 

 length 34 inches, wing 9-3, tail 19, tarsus 2*8. 



Adult female. Similar to the female of P. shawi, but the black 

 spots on the middle of the chest and breast-feathers are more 

 strongly marked. Total length 24 inches, wing y'3, tail 12-4, 

 tarsus 2-4. 



Uah. Valley of the Amu-Darya. 



a. (S ad. sk.* Amu-Darya {Eussow). St. Petersburg Mu- 



seum [E.]. 



b. 2 ^^- ^'^- Nukus, Amu-Darya. St. Petersburg Mu- 



seum [E.]. 

 Cj d. (S 2 "^' sl^- Pt'tro-.Vlexandrowsk, Amu- Purchased. 



Darya, Dec. 

 e,f. cJ $ ad.sk.* Amu-Darya, near Bokhara. Purchased. 



* With imperfect white collar, showing trace.-! of interbreeding with P. mon- 

 golicus. 



