886 Mr. S. A. Buturlin on the Geographical 



3. Phasianus colchicus lorenzi, subsp. nov. (Kara 

 Pheasant.) 



Ph. colchicus: 1885, Radde, Ornis Cauc. p. 289 (pt.) ; 

 1888, Th. Lorenz, J. f. O. pp. 571-2 (Tiflis, " typisch"). 



Ph. talischensis; 1893, Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. Gall. p. 321 

 (Alazan R.) (pt., cum Ph. talischensi); 1903, Dresser, Manual, 

 p. GGO (pt.). 



Phasiano talischensi siniilis, cum eo a vera colchica ave 

 septentrionalique varietate plumis juguli subacutis 

 caeruleoque angustius marginatis, abdomiue nou nigro 

 sed latericio-fusco, pectore medio non viridescente sed 

 cupreo-rubro valde differt; a talischensi coloribua pal- 

 lidioribua alarum caudreque et plumis juguli latius 

 marginatis distinguendus. 

 Habitat ad Curam fluvium Alazanumque in Transcaucasia. 

 The Kura Pheasant inhabits the central and eastern parts 

 of Transcaucasia ; the basins of the Kura and lower 

 Araxes, with their tributaries up to some 2500-2800 feet 

 above the sea-level, but not the Caspian coast north of the 

 Kizil-Agatch Gulf. From its western and northern allies it 

 is separated by high mountains, and is perhaps quite speci- 

 fically distinct; but to the south-eastern PA. talischensis it 

 bears a much closer resemblance, and is certainly only a sub- 

 species of it. It meets with the Talysh bird somewhere 

 on the western coast of Kizil-Agatch. 



I propose to name this bird after Mr. Th. C. Lorenz of 

 Moscow, who in 1888 very ably pointed out its differences 

 from Ph. septentrionalis and Ph. talischensis, but unfor- 

 tunately could not at the time compare it with the Rion bird. 

 Otherwise with his usual acuteness and his well-trained eye 

 he would most certainly have separated them. 



4. Phasianus colchicus talischensis Lorenz. {Talysh 

 Pheasant.) 



Ph. colchicus: 1876, Blanford, East. Pers. ii. p. 272 (Kcsl.t, 

 Mazanderan) ; 1885, Radde, Orn. Cauc. p. 289 (pt.). 



Ph.persicus Swz., subsp. talischensis: 1888, Th. Lorenz, 

 J.f. O. p. 572 (Talisch). 



Ph. talischensis : 1893, Ogilvie-Grant, Catal. p. 324 (pt., 



