PHASIANUS 665 



923. MONGOLIAN PHEASANT. 

 PHASIANUS MONGOLICUS. 



Phasianus mongolicug, Brandt, Bull. Acad. St. Petersb. iii. p. 51 (1844) ; 

 Gould, B. of As. vii. pi. 41 ; Elliot, Monogr. Phas. ii. pi. iv. ; 

 Ogilvie Grant, Cat, B. Br. Mus. xxii. p. 328 ; P. brandti, Eothsch. 

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



ad. (Turkestan). Upper parts richly glossed with purplish carmine 

 without any trace of golden orange ; wing-coverts white with a faint 

 greyish tinge ; tail rather darker than in P. chrysomelas ; under parts 

 more rufous ; flanks fiery red barred with greenish black, a conspicuous 

 white collar continued round the back of the neck, but interrupted in 

 front. Culmen 1-5, wing 9*2, tail 22'2, tarsus 2-5 inch. The female 

 resembles that of P. chrysometas, but on the dorsal feathers there is a 

 subterminal black spot and a central bar. 



Hob. The valley of the Syr-Darya east to Lake Zaisan, and 

 the valley of the Black Irtisch, south to the valley of the Hi 

 and Issik-Kul. 



In habits and nidification it does not differ from its allies. 

 Eggs from Issik-Kul resemble those of P. colchicus, but are 

 rather paler and measure about 1/91 by 1*44. 



924. SUBSP. PHASIANUS SEMITORQUATUS. 



Phasianus semitorquatus, Severtz. Ibis, 1875, p. 491 ; Ogilvie Grant, Cat, 

 B. Br. Mus. xxii. p. 329. 



<$ ad. Differs from P. mongolicus only in having the upper parts and 

 breast more glossed with green, and the white collar is smaller and more 

 widely interrupted in the fore neck. 



Hal. Dzungaria, north-east of Kuldj a and Ebi-nor; Province 

 of Gutchen and Urumtsi. 



I do not find anything on record respecting the habits or 

 nidification of this Pheasant. 



925. RING-NECKED PHEASANT. 

 PHASIANUS TORQUATUS. 



PJiasianus torquatus, Gmel. Syst. Nat. i. p. 742 (1788) ; Gould, B. of As. 

 vii. pi. 39 ; Elliot, Monogr. Phas. ii. pi. v. ; David and Oust. Ois. 

 Chine, p. 409 ; Prjev. Mongol, i Strana Tangut. p. 114 ; Seebohm, 

 B. Jap. Emp. p. 369 ; Ogilvie Grant, Cat. B. Br. Mus. xxii. p. 331 ; 

 Tacz. F. 0. Sib. 0. p. 785 ; Lilford, iv. p. 116, pi. 57. 



