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PHASIANID^. 



(J. 5 ad. sk. Bokhara {Severtzov). Gould Coll. 



A. c? ad. sk * Delta between KarkulR. and Gould Coll. 



Amu-Darya, Oct. (Severt- 

 zov). 



Hi/bnd between P. chrysomelas and P. mongolicus. 

 rt. c? ad. sk. Nukus, Amu-Darya, Dec. Purchased. 



8. Phasianus mongolicus. 



Phasianus colcliicus, Lirht. {iiec Linn.) in Ecersm. Reise nach 

 Buchara, p. 133 (1823) [Kuwan and Jan Darja]; Meyend. Voy. a 

 Bokhara, p. 4i'8 (1826). 



Phasianus torquatus, Karelin (nee Gmel.), Bull. Mosc. p. 661 (1841). 



Phasianus mongolicus, Brandt, Bull. Acad. St. Petersb. iii. p. 51 

 (1844) [Altai] ; Gould, B. Asia, vii. pi. 41 (1858) ; Sclat. List Phas. 

 p. 4 (1863) ; id. P. Zi S. 1863, p. 116 ; Gray,List Gallince Brit. Mu.s. 

 p. 27 (1867); id. Hand-l. B. ii. p. 257 (1870); Elliot, P. Z. S. 

 1870, p. 408: id. Monog. Phas. ii. pi. iv. [text] (ls72) ; Severtz. 

 TurJcest. Jevotn. p. 68 (1873) ; id. Bidl. Mosc. xlviii. pt. 3, p. 208 

 (1875) ; id. J. f. O. 1875, p. 224 ; id. Ibis, 1875, p. 493 ; Dresser, 

 Ibis, 1876, p. 323 ; Finsch, Verh. Ges. Wien, xxix. p. 241 (1880) ; 

 Bof/d. Consp. Ai\ Boss. fasc. i. p. 20 (1884) ; Seehohn, Ibis, 1887, 

 p. 173 ; Pleske, Mem. Ac. St. Petersb. (7) xxxvi. no. 3, p. 47 

 (1888) [Chinaz]. 



Adult male. Differs from all the maroon and orange-red rumped 

 species in having a wide white ring (interrupted in front) round the 

 neck ; otherwise it most nearly resembles P. persicus, but the 

 mantle and scapulars, chest and breast are bronze orange-red with 

 purple and green reflections ; the feathers of the lower back, rump, 

 and upper tail-coverts are mixed with dark green and glossed with 

 green and purple : the chin and throat are mostly purplish bronze- 

 red ; the chest, breast, and flanks are tipped with very dark green ; 

 and the middle of the breast and sides of the belly are dark 

 green. Total length 36-5 inches, wing 9-6, tail 22, tarsus 2-8. 



Adult female. Resembles the female of P. cJiri/so7nelas, but on 

 each feather of the upper mantle there is a subterminal black spot, 

 and a bar across the middle instead of a broad black submarginal 

 border. Total length 26 inches, wing 8'5, tail 12-3, tarsus 2-5. 



Hab. Ranging from the Valley of the Syr-Darya across the 

 basin of Lake Ealkash as far east as Lake Zaisan and the Valley of 

 the Black Irtish, and southwards to the valley of the Hi and 

 Issik-Kul. 



a. J ad. sk. Syr-Darya. Gould Coll. 



b. c5' ad. sk. Fort Perovskie, Syr-Darya, Piu'chased. 



Jan. 



c-e. (S 5 ad. sk. Chinaz, Upper Syr-Darya St. Petersburg Mus. 



(Pussoiv). [E.]. 



/. S ad. sk. Tashkend, Upp. Syr-Darya. Purchased. 



* With iiii perfect white collar, showing traces of intei'breediiig with P. mon- 

 golicus. 



