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17. Phasianus satscheuensis Pleske. (Sachjow Pheasant .) 

 Ph. satscheuensis : 1883, Przewalski, From Zaissan through 



Khami to Tibet (Russ.), p. 95 (descr. nulla) ; 1892, Pleske, 

 Bull. Ac. St. P. xiii. p. 296 ; 1899, Kozlow, Res. I. Rus. Geo. 

 S. Exp. C. As. (Russ.) ii. pp. 107, 113, 286. 



Ph. shawl: 1888, Seebohm, P. Z. S. p. 415 (pt.). 



Ph. satschev nen sis: 1893, Ogilvie- Grant, Cat. p. 333. 



Ph. satchuensis: 1903, Dresser, Man. p. 667 (subsp. of 

 Ph. torquatus). 



The range of this Pheasant is restricted to the Sachjow 

 oasis and its environs on the northern slopes of the Nan- 

 Shan, and to the valleys of Dan-khe and Su-lei-khe(Bulunzir) 

 up to 7000 feet, along with Lake Hala-chi. It was 

 discovered and named by Przewalski, but was described 

 by Pleske *. Numerous and very interesting biological 

 notes are added by Mr. P. K. Kozlow. 



The Sachjow Pheasant is, at a glance, distinguishable not 

 only from its western neighbour Ph. tarimensis, but also 

 from Ph. vlangalii and Ph. strauchi, which occur on the other 

 side of the Nan-Shan, by its general pale colour and white 

 collar, and from Ph. holdereri, which occurs a long way off to 

 the east, by the brownish-margined scapulars, grey-covered 

 wings, and other particulars. 



18. Phasianus formosanus Elliot. (Formosan Pheasant.) 

 Ph. torquatus : 1863, Swinhoe, Ibis, p. 401 (pt.). 



Ph. formosanus: 1870, Elliot, P. Z. S. p. 406; 1877, 

 David et Oustalet, Ois. Chin. p. 710; 1893, Ogilvie-Grant, 

 Cat. p. 333. 



This Pheasant inhabits Formosa, and has many features to 

 distinguish it from the continental Ring-Pheasants. Even 

 its iris is stated to be white, not yellow. 



A statement has been made that similarly pale-flaukcd 

 specimens are sometimes met with in China and Corea, but 

 this is somewhat doubtful. All the Corean birds that I have 



* I have not consulted the German edition of Przewalski's ' Travels to 

 Tibet,' as there are no copies of it in libraries of the Academy of Science 

 or the Geographical Society, but, so far as I know, it is a verbatim 

 translation from the Russian. 



