408 MR. D. G. ELLIOT ON NEW PHEASANTS. [June 9, 
which now present themselves to us, and which make it readily re- 
cognizable wherever seen. Although to some it may be deemed 
hardly entitled to a specific rank, yet it is certainly worthy of some 
appellation to enable it to be distinguished when mentioned ; and as 
binominal names are the only ones admissible, it becomes necessary 
to give it specific rank, rather than to describe it as a variety. The 
true torquatus of China is not known in Formosa. In my Mono- 
graph of the Phasianidz, now publishing, I shall give a Plate showing 
both sexes of this species, drawn by Mr. Wolf, which will exhibit its 
characteristics more clearly than my description has. 
The discovery of these new species increases the number of true 
Pheasants now known to ornithologists to nine, a list of which is 
here given. 
1. PHASIANUS COLCHICUS. 
Phasianus colchicus, Linn. et auct. 
Hab. Mingrelia, the Ancient Colchis; River Ilia, Caucasus; Lake 
of Apollonia near Broussa, Albania; Gulf of Salonica, Mtolia. 
2. PHASIANUS SHAWII. 
Phasianus shawii, Elliot, P. Z. 8S. 1870. 
Hab. Province of Yarkand, Eastern Turkestan. 
3. PHASIANUS INSIGNIS. 
Phasianus insignis, Elliot, P. Z.S. 1870. 
Hab. Province of Yarkand, Eastern Turkestan. 
4. PHASIANUS MONGOLICUS. 
Phasianus mongolicus, Brandt, Bull. Acad. Scien. St. Pétersb. 
vol. ill. p. 54. 
Hab. Altai and Tarbagatai Mountains ; Gobi Desert, south of the 
Tangnu Mountains, Mongolia; Boukhara. 
5. PHASIANUS TO RQUATUS. 
Phasianus torquatus, Gmel. Syst. Nat. (1788), t. 1. p. 742. 
Hab. Eastern China, from Transbaikalia, Amoorland, into South- 
ern China; Provinces of Hankow, Tientsin, Foochow, and Pekin. 
6. PHASIANUS FORMOSANUS. 
Phasianus formosanus, Elliot, P. Z. S. 1870. 
Hab. Island of Formosa. 
7. PHASIANUS DECOLLATUS. ; 
Phasianus decollatus, Swinhoe, P. Z. 8. 1870, p. 135. 
Hab. Eastern part of the province of Szechuen, 
8. PHASIANUS SLADENI. 
Phasianus sladeni, Anderss. MS. 
Hab. Western borders of the province of Yunan. 
