20 LLOYDS NATURAL HISTORY. 



upwards, with shrill cries, against the roof of their house. The 

 Yarkandis said that eYen when caught young these birds could 

 not be tamed. 



" The flesh of this Pheasant is, of course, very good eating, 

 but in my humble opinion does not come up to that ot Tetrao- 

 gallus iibctaiius (the Tibetan Snow-Cock)." 



Young Birds are said to attain full size in about fiYe months. 



Nest. — On the ground, in long grass jungle. 



Eggs. — From twelYc to fifteen in number ; like those of P. 

 colchicus, varying in colour from brownish-buff to greyish stone- 

 colour ; mostly a broad oval, slightly compressed towards one 

 end. Average measurements, 174 by 1*41 inch. 



VL THE TARIM PHEASANT. PHASL\NUS TARIMENSIS. 



Fhasiajius tarime?isis, Prjevalsky, Dritte Reise Centr. Asia, p. 

 95 (18S3) ; Pleske, P. Z. S. 1888, p. 415 ; Ogilvie-Grant, 

 Cat, B. Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 327 (1893). 



Adult Male. — Closely allied to the male of the last species, P. 

 shawi^ but the lesser and median wing-coverts are yellowisJ.- 

 brown instead of whitish ; the feathers of the chest and sides of 

 the breast are fiery bronze-red, glossed with oily green and 

 purple, and devoid of margiiial da?ids, and the margins to the 

 feathers of the rump and upper tail-coverts are green and buff, 

 instead of orange-red. Total length, 30*5 inches ; wing, 9-3 ; 

 tail, i6"3 ; tarsus, 2*8. 



Adult Pemale. — Similar to the female of P. shawi. 



Range. — Extending from Karaschar, along the Tarim Valli^y, 

 to Lob-nor. 



VIL THE OXUS PHEASANT. PHASIANUS CHRYSOMELAS. 



Phasianus chrysomelas, Severtzov, Bull. Mosc. xlviii. pt. 3, p. 

 207 (1875); Gould, B. Asia, vii. pi. ^6 (1876); Ogilvie- 

 GruTt, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 327 (1893). 



