the True Pheasants. 571 



been published. These much-esteemed and careful writers 

 have properly pointed out some of my errors^ and have in 

 certain respects materially improved our knowledge of this 

 difficult group of birds. Though I cannot accept many of 

 their views, it would be out of place to enter into detailed 

 criticism here, as their work is written in Russian, and in 

 the same language I will review it. 



Now I will speak shortly about such forms as have been 

 newly described since 1904, or were insufficiently treated in 

 my first paper, and will add a newly- arranged table for the 

 identification of these birds, as my table of 1904 is now out 

 of date. 



' 1. Phasianus TSHAKDJUENsis, n. sp. [Chavdjui Pheasant.) 



Phasianus tshardjuensis P. principali proximus, tectricibus 



alarum albis, pectore juguloque marginibus plumarura 



purpureo-rubris latissimis (circa 3 mm.), scapular- 



ibus aureis marginibus nigris latis (circa 1-2 mm.) ; 



interscapulio aureo-flavo, parte anteriore lata prope 



auchenium purpureo-rubro valde imbuto, marginibus 



plumarum maculisque triangularibus apicalibus nigris 



latis cohserentibus, uropygio autem cupreo-purpureo- 



rubro valde distinguendus. 



Hab. prope Tshardjui in Bochara, januario 1905 a dom. 



Petei'sen lectus ; in Mus. Car. Haraldi V. Loudon in Lisden 



prope Wolmar, Livonia, conservatus (mares duo ad.). 



This short diagnosis is sufficient for the identification of 

 the bird, but it is advisable to give a somewhat fuller de- 

 scription. Head and neck of a rich glossy green with bluish 

 and violet reflections ; no external traces of a white collar. 

 Mantle fiery- or orange-golden (brighter than in P. princi- 

 palis and P. zerafshanicus) , but the uppermost part of the 

 back, near the green parts of the neck, largely suffused 

 with purplish red, just like the chest (in P. principalis 

 P. zarudnyi, and P. zerafshanicus all the uppermost back is 

 golden, wholly or nearly without purplish-red). Feathers of 

 the upper back with very broad glossy black side-margins and 

 apical wedges, obviously confluent (in P. principalis and a 

 fortiori in P. zerafshanicus these markings are narrower and 

 the side-markings quite — or nearly — interrupted near the end 



