660 PHASIANUS 



912. SUBSP. PHASIANUS TALISCHENSIS. 



Phasianus talischensis, Lorenz, J. f. 0. 1888, p. 571 ; Ogilvie Grant, Cat. 

 B. Br. Mus. xxii. p. 324. 



< ad. Differs from P. colchicus in having the under parts a trifle 

 duller and redder, the blackish margins to the feathers narrower and 

 fewer ; wing-coverts as in P. colchicus. 



Hob. Lenkoran, and the Alazan river, Transcaucasia. 



In habits and nidification this species does not differ from 

 P. colchicus. 



913. MURGHAB PHEASANT. 

 PHASIANUS PRINCIPALIS. 



Phasianus principalis, Sclater, P.Z.S. 1885, p. 322, pi. xxii. ; Ogilvie 

 Grant, Cat. B. Br. Mus. xxii. p. 325 ; Dresser, ix. p. 321, pi. 702 ; 

 "P. komarovi, Bogd.," Zarudny, Ois. Transcasp. p. 63 (1885). 



Kargooule, Tekke. 



$ ad. (Merv). Differs from P. colchicus in having the wing-coverts 

 white, the ground colour of the upper parts golden orange, tinged with 

 brick-red on the lower back, rump, and upper tail-coverts ; tail redder, 

 the bars narrower and further apart ; under parts, more especially the 

 breast, richly tinted with peach-carmine. Culmen 1'3, wing 9'4, tail 22'0, 

 tarsus 2'7 inch. The female is much paler than that of P. colchicus, the 

 general colour being pale clay-buff, and the dark markings are fewer. 



Hob. Transcaspia and Afghanistan, the rivers Murghab, 

 Tedgend, and Dushak, the district of Kaakuk, and along the 

 rivers running from the mountains of Deregez and Keliat to the 

 N. and N.E ; North-eastern Persia. 



In habits and nidification it does not differ from P. colchicus, 

 and like that species it affects damp wooded localities, and makes 

 its nest on the ground, depositing late in May, 8 to 12, and even, 

 it is said, as many as 18 eggs, which closely resemble those 

 of P. colchicus. A specimen in' the Tring Museum, labelled 

 P. kancarowii, does not differ from typical P. principalis. 



914. SHAW'S PHEASANT. 

 PHASIANUS SHAWI. 



Phasianus shawi, Elliot, P.Z.S. 1870, p. 403 ; id. Monogr. Phas. ii. pi. 1 ; 

 Gould, B. of As. vii. pi. 35 ; Ogilvie Grant, Cat. B. Br. Mus. xxii. 

 p. 326 ; P. insignia, Elliot, P.Z.S., 1870, p. 404 ; id. Monogr. Phas. 

 ii. pi. iii. 



