330 PHASIANIDJE. 



rt. (S ad. sk. Sze-chuen. J. J. Stone, Esq. [P.]. 



(Type of the species.) 

 b. (S ad. sk. [Sze-clmen] (/. E. Reeves). Zool. Soc. Coll. 



10. Phasiamis vlangali. 



Phasianus vlangalii, Prjev. Mongol, ii. pt. 2, p. 116, pi. xvi. (1876) ; 

 id. in Roivley's Orn. Misc. ii. p. 386 (1877) ; id. Reisen in Tibet, 

 p. 59 (1884) [Tsaidam] ; Seebohm, Ibis, 1888, p. 315. 



Adult male*. Differs from P. elegans chiefly in having the general 

 colour of the mantle and scapulars sandy red, and the sides and 

 flanks golden buff" instead of dull orange-red glossed with purple. 

 It is distinguished from P. strauchi by its much paler scapulars and 

 by having the chest mostly dark green instead of fiery orange-red. 

 Total length 31'5 inches, wing 9'5, tail 17"5, tarsus 2-6. 



Adult female. Upper parts like those of P. colchicus, but the 

 black markings are much fainter and the predominating colour is 

 pale buff; the chin and throat are pure white, and the rest of the 

 underparts whitish buff" with very faint indications of brown cross- 

 bars. Totnl length 22-5 inches, wing 8-2, tail 11, tarsus 2i. 



Hah. Tsaidam, south of the Koko-nor Mountains. 



«, 6. c? 5 'id. sk. Tsaidam, Sept., Nov. H. Seebohm, Esq. 



(PrjemlsAy). [P.]. 



r, d. (S 2 ^"i- sk. Tsaidam, Feb., Nov. St. Petersburg Mus. 



[Prjevalshy). [E.]. 



11. Phasianus strauchi. 



Phasianus strauchi, P-Jev. Moiu/ol. ii. pt. 2, p. 119, pi. xvii. (1876) ; 

 id. in Rowley's Orn. Misc. ii. p. 417 (1877); id. Reisen in Tibet, 

 p. 59 (1884) [Kansu] ; Seebohm, Ibis, 1888, p. 314 ; id. P. Z. S. 1888, 

 p. 267 (extends S. to Moupin t) ; Pleske, Bull. Acad. St. Petersb. 

 xiii. p. 296 (1892) [Sining Mountains, Tatung Mts. and River, and 

 Mts. of Amdoa]. 



Adult maleX- Differs from both P. elegans and P. vlangali in 

 having the chest and sides of the breast fiery orange-red instead of 

 dark green ; from the former it is also distinguished by having the 

 centres of the scapulars whitish buff freckled with black in the 

 middle, and from the latter by the dark Indian-red margins of 

 the scapulars. Total length 36'5 inches, wing 9*4, tail 23"3, 

 tarsus 2-5. 



Adult female. Upper parts much like those oi P. colcliieus, but 

 the feathers of the nape and mantle are indistinctly tipped with dark 

 green instead of violet and purple : the underparts are whitish 



* In all the specimens examined there are a few feathers at the back of the 

 neck more or less tipped with white. 



t I have no donbt that Seebohm is wrong and that the specimens from 

 Monpin in the Pari^ Museum are correctly identified as F. dccollatus. 



X In three of the specimens examined some of the feathers at the back of the 

 neck are tipped or more or less mixed with white. 



