PHASIANUS 663 



919. STRAUCH'S PHEASANT. 

 PHASIANUS STRAUCHI. 



Phasianus strauchi, Prjev. Mongol, i Strana Tangut. ii. p. 119, pi. xvii. 

 (1876) ; Ogilvie Grant, Cat. B. Br. Mus. xxii. p. 330. 



c ad. (Kan-su). Upper parts much as in P. colchicus, but the 

 lower neck more orange in tinge, the lower back washed with green, 

 the sides of the rump, upper tail-coverts, and margins of the tail-feathers 

 bluish, with a faint greenish tinge ; tail more boldly barred than in 

 P. colchicus ; wing-coverts blue ; under parts darker and more bluish 

 purple in tinge. Culmen 1*2, wing 9*7, tail 23'0, tarsus 2'55. The female 

 resembles that of P. colchicus, but is rather darker. 



Hob. The wooded portions of the Kan-su Mountains to an 

 altitude of 10,000 feet, being most numerous in the Tetunga and 

 Buguk-gol valleys ; the mountains of Szechuen. 



In habits it does not differ from its allies. It is resident and 

 breeds in Kan-su, the breeding season being from early in April 

 to the middle of July. 



A specimen in the Rothschild collection obtained by 

 Berezovski in Kan-su, has the upper parts rather paler and more 

 boldly marked, the tail more purplish grey in tinge, the bars 

 broader; breast and flanks golden orange with narrow black 

 margins to the feathers. 



Phasianus decollatus, Swinhoe (P.Z.S. 1870, p. 135), may 



Frobably be found within the limits of the Palsearctic area, but 

 do not find any proof that such is the case. It differs from 

 P. strauchi in having the sides and flanks buff instead of orange- 

 red, and from P. torguatus in having the wing-coverts blue, the 

 rump bluer, and the white collar very indistinct or wanting. 



920. SUBSP. PHASIANUS BEREZOWSKYI. 



Phasianus lerezowstyi, Eothschild, Bull. B. 0. Club, xii. p. 20 (1901). 



(J ad. (Kan-su). Resembles P. strauchi in having the upper wing- 

 coverts blue, but the breast is as in P. colchicus, though the dark margins 

 to the golden feathers are narrower ; upper parts paler and more yellow 

 in tinge than in P. colchicus, the rump and upper tail-coverts blue 

 slightly marked with black, the latter slightly varied with rufous ; tail 

 grey and golden grey at the base, washed with rufous on the outer webs, 

 but not so rufous as in P. strauchi, and broadly barred with black. 

 Culmen 1*1, wing 7'9, tail 16'9, tarsus 23 inch. 



