new Central- Asiatic Birds. 493 



having my whole collection at hand for a closer comparison, 

 I do not describe this female without identifying it with 

 greater certainty. The following is a short comparative dia- 

 gnosis of all the Pheasants met with from the northern slopes 

 of the Tian-shan to the Caspian : — 



1. Fhasianus seniitorquatus. Capite et coUo atris, opacis, 



apicibus plumarum nitide viridibus ; collari albo imperfec- 

 tissimo, ex aliquot singulis plumis colli, versus scajjulas, 

 albo apicatis ; corpore toto Isete rufescenti-castaneo ni- 

 tore ubique viridi ; apicibus plumarum pectoris latis, an- 

 gustissinie nigro marginatis ; teetricibus alse carpalibus et 

 cubitalibus tricoloribus, argenteo-cano-caerulescentibus et 

 nigricante diluteque fulvescente centratis : uropygio me- 

 tallice viridi ; rostro crasso, robusto. 

 Mongolia meridionalis, prope mont. Tianshan, versus ori- 

 entem a laeu Ebe-nor. 



2. Phasianus mongolicus. Capite et collo metallice viridibus, 



gula obscure purpurea, nitore aliquot cupreo ; collari 

 lato, toto albo, gula interrupto ; corpore toto loete cas- 

 taneo-rufo, metallice nitente, nitore partim viridi, partim 

 purpureo,lateribusrubescenti-aurco; plumis pectoris latis, 

 solo apice anguste nigro marginatis; iugluvie unicolori, 

 apicibus nigris luillis ; teetricibus carpalibus et cubitalibus 

 unicoloribus, argenteo-albicantibus ; uropygio purpuras- 

 centi-viridi, unicolori vel tenue canescente fasciolato : 

 rostro valido. 

 Ad fl. laxartem, in vallibas magis occidentalibus montium 

 Tian-shan, et prope lacus lassyk-kul ; in fruticetis et 

 aruudinetis fluviatilibus ad fl. Hi, lacus Balchasch et Ala- 

 kul; rarius ad lac. Nor-Zaissau. 



3. Phasianus chrysomelas*. Capite et collo metallice viridibus, 



gula chalybeo-eyanea ; collari albo imperfeeto, ex plumis 

 viridis, transversim albo fasciatis et maculatis; corpore 

 toto intense rufescenti-aurantiaco, nitore metallice aureo 

 fulgeute; plumis pectoris latis, latissime apice colore 

 nigro, viridi nitente, marginatis ; haec nigredo ingluvie 

 colorem aurautiacam fere obtegit ; uropygio rufo, metal- 

 lice cupreo-purpurascente, transversim nigro faseiato ; 



* I sent, in October 1874, a notice, with diagnosis, of this bird to the 

 Society of Naturalists in Moscow, under the name P. chrysomelanos (more 

 correctly P. chrysomclas), and am told tlie notice was printed in the 

 ' Bulletin ' of that Society about December 1874. 



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