180 A CONTRIBUTION TO THE ORNITHOLOGY 
Bill, light horn color; irides, straw yellow; eyelid, bluish 
grey; orbital skin, red, with small black pits; tarsus, dusky 
grey; toes, dusky, blackish near the claws; claws, dusky ; 
spurs, black. 
go. Yarkand, 10th March.—Length, 29°5 ; expanse, 30°75 ; 
wing, 9°6; tail, 14°6; tarsus, 2°65 ; bill, from gape, 1:45; spur, 
0°35; weight, 1fb 15°5 oz. 
Bill, light horn; irides, straw yellow; legs, silver grey ; toes 
and claws, dusky ; spurs, blackish. 
d- Yarkand, 25th March.—Length, 32; expanse, 31°50; 
wing, 9°75 ; tail, 18; tarsus, 2°75; bill, from grape, 1:3; spur, 
0°37; weight, 2Ibs 4oz. . 
Bill, light horn ; irides, light yellowish ; orbital skin, crimson 
with black depressions; lower eyelid, grey, with black spots ; 
legs, ashy grey ; toes, darker ashy grey ; claws, dark horn color ; 
spurs, black. 
3. Yarkand, April (specimen belonging to Mr. R. B. Shaw, 
measured by me, in the flesh).—Length, 34°8 ; expanse, 31:0; 
wing, 9°75; tail, 20°75 ; tarsus, 3°0; bill, from gape, 1°35; spur, 
0:4; weight, 2Ibs 5 250z. 
3. Yarkand, 20th May.—Length, 34:0; tail, 18-7; tarsus, 
2-4; bill, from gape, 1:4; spur, 0°45 ; weight 1fb 13°250z. 
Bill, horny ; irides, straw color; lower eyelid, slaty grey ; or- 
bital skin, dark red, with numerous fine black depressions ; legs 
and feet, silver grev; claws and spurs, dusky. 
9. Yarkand, February.—Length, 23:4; wing, 8°5 ; tail, 11-6; 
tarsus, 2°1; bill, from gape, 1:2; weight, 11b 4oz. 
Bill, light horny, grey on culmen; irides, light yellowish ; 
tarsi, grey ; toes, a darker shade of grey ; claws, dusky. 
9. Yarkand, 3rd March.—Length, 23°5 ; expanse, 28 ; wing, 
8-75; tail, 11; tarsus, 2°5; bill, from gape, 1:25; weight, 
1ib 80z. 
Bill, light horn color, the upper mandible slightly greenish ; 
irides, light yellow;. skin at outer and inner canthi, red ; 
tarsi, silver grey; toes, a little darker than tarsi; claws, 
dusky. 
This fine Pheasant is a permanent resident in the plains of 
Eastern Turkestan, frequenting lone grass jungle and reeds 
growing in waste ground, It is said to occur most plentifully 
in the Dolan jungle; Makit and Maralbashi being mentioned 
as places where it is particularly numerous. However it is 
common enough near Kashehar and Yarkand ; I know of two 
rather good places for this Pheasant, one between Yarkand and 
Kokrabat, and another near Beshkant. -The flight of this bird 
is rather slow, and it commonly goes over the long grass only 
for a short distance and then drops down. When alarmed the 
male bird utters a harsh shrill ery. 
