PHASIANUS 661 



ad. (Yarkand). Differs from P. princlpolis in having the white of 

 the wing-coverts slightly tinged with greyish, the upper parts rather 

 redder and less marked with black, the rump slightly tinged with green, 

 the tips of the flank feathers blacker and less purple in tinge, and the 

 carmine-peach tinge on the breast is wanting. Culmen 1*25, wing 9*5, 

 tail 16'5, tarsus 2*55 inch. Sometimes the males of this species have a 

 trace of a white collar. The female resembles that of P. principaUs. 



Hcib. The valleys of the Yarkand, Kashgar, Aksu, and 

 Khotan rivers. 



In habits this bird does not differ from P. colchicus, and eggs 

 in my collection are not distinguishable from those of that 

 species. 



915. PERSIAN PHEASANT. 

 PHASIANUS PERSICUS. 



Phasianns persicus, Severtzoff, Bull. Mosc. xlviii. pi. 3, p. 208 (1870) ; 

 Ogilvie Grant, Cat. B. Br. Mus. xxii. p. 324 ; Dresser, ix. p. 317, 

 pi. 701. 



Kargowal Gargaul, Persian. 



$ ad. (Transcaspia). Differs from P. colchicus in having the feathers 

 on the breast and fore part of the back less rufous and more golden orange 

 in colour, the rump and upper tail-coverts coppery red, the breast and 

 sides of abdomen washed with purplish carmine, the feathers 011 the flanks 

 with broader purplish black margin, those on the breast with narrower 

 margins, the black bars on the tail much narrower, and the lesser and 

 median wing-coverts nearly white. Culmen 1*2, wing 9'5, tail 19'8, 

 tarsus 2*9 inch. The female is undistinguishable from that of P. colchicus. 



Hob. The south-east Caspian, the valleys of the Soumbar, 

 Tschandyr and Atrek rivers, Achour-Ade and the peninsula of 

 Potemkine, north to the main portions of the Kopet-dag, 

 Kuerendag, and Zar-i-kouh mountains. 



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

 species is a ground breeder, depositing in May 8 to 10 eggs, 

 olivaceous grey-green with a leather-yellow tinge, which measure 

 about 1-67 by T43. 



916. SUBSP. PHASIANUS ZARAFSCHANICUS. 



Phasianus zarafscJianicus, Tarnovski, Field, Ixxvii. p. 409 (1891) ; 

 Ogilvie Grant, Cat. B. Br. Mus. xxii. p. 326 ; P. tarnovskii, Seebohm, 

 P.Z.S. 1892, p. 271. 



$ ad. Is nearest allied to P. persicus but has the upper parts rather 

 paler, the ground-colour of the whole including the rump and upper tail- 



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