406 Mr. S. A. Buturlin on the Geographical 



Ph. karpowi : 1901-, Buturlin, Orn. Monat. xii. p. 3 (Tc-lin, 

 Southern Manchooria). 



Ph. karpowi extends through Corea, where, however, it is 

 rare south of Seoul, and through Southern Manchooria, north 

 to Ghirin, west to the river Lao-khe and south to Lao-yang 

 (Liau-yang) . North of Ghirin, as in the more southern 

 parts of Ussuri-land and in the most north-easterly parts of 

 Corea, Ph. karpowi meets with Ph. alpherakyi and its eastern 

 subspecies. South from Lao-yang, on the Lao-tung penin- 

 sula, and west from the middle and lower parts of Lao-khe 

 there are no Pheasants at all ; further west, near Kalgan, 

 Ph. kiangsuensis is found. 



The tvpe specimen of this Pheasant was obtained 20 Jan. 

 (2 Feb.)', 1901, near Te-lin (42° 18' 27" N. and 123 3 4P 45"E.), 

 and was sent to me by Mr. A. W. Karpow, from whom I have 

 received some particulars of its distribution in Southern 

 Manchooria. In the Zoological Museum of the Academy 

 of St. Petersburg I have seen two specimens of Ph karpowi — 

 one Irom Chemulpo (Nov. 1888) and one labelled " Vladi- 

 vostok "( 8/20 Sept., 1882). My type specimen is identical 

 with Corean specimens in the Tring Museum (Mr. Hartert, 

 in litt.) and agrees with Taczanowski's description of Corean 

 birds (/. c.) . Though ranging between the pale Ph. alpherakyi 

 and the moderately bright Ph. kiangsuensis, the Corean 

 Pheasant is by no means intermediate in appearance, being 

 much darker than the latter and differing from both of 

 them by sharply defined characters, as pointed out in the 

 Table. 



23. Phasianus holdereri Schalow. (Shensi Pheasant.) 



Ph. torquatus : 1877, David et Oustalet, Ois. Chin. p. 409 

 (pt. : var. " C" Chensi meridional) ; 1891, Berezowski and 

 Bianehi, Birds of Kan-su Expedition Potanin (Russ.), p. 18 

 (\V. and E. Ordos); 1893, Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. p. 331 (pt.) ; 

 1903, Dresser, Man. p. 6G5 (pt.). 



Ph. holdereri: 1901, Schalow, J. f. Orn. p. 414 (Min 

 Tschou) . 



Ph. holdereri inhabits the provinces of Shensi and Southern 

 Kan-su (where, however, it is evidently rare) and Ordos. 



