270 MR. H. SEEBOHM ON AN UNDESCRIBED PHEASANT. [Apr. 5, 



Plate XXII. 



Figs. 11-11 (?. Bulimus miris-vul-pina, p. 265. 



12. Bulimtilus blofeldi, p. 265. 



13. helena, p. 266. 



13 a. , var., p. 266. 



14. subtruncatus, sp. n., p. 266. 



15. subplicatus, p. 266. 



16. exulatus, p. 266. 



17. 17 a. turtoni, sp. n., p. 266. 



18. melanioides, p. 267. 



19-19 6. Tomigerus perexilis, sp. n., p. 267. 



20, 20 a. Pujia turtoni, sp. n., p. 268. 



21. obliquicosUdata, sp. n., p. 268. 



2. On an apparently undescribed Pheasant from the Province 

 of Zarafshan in Central Asia. By Henry Seebohm, F.Z.S. 



[Eeceived April 5, 1892.] 



Through the kindness of Mr. Tegetmeier 1 have heen able to add 

 to my collection an example of a Pheasant from Central Asia which 

 appears to be undescribed. It is closely allied to Phasianus princi- 

 palis, but diifers from that species in having a very conspicuous 

 white collar round the back of the neck but not quite meeting in 

 front. It further differs from that species (and resembles P. per- 

 sieus) in having no dark margins to the scapulars, and in having 

 the dark tips to the feathers of the flanks and of the sides of the 

 breast much narrower. 



From Phasianus mongolicus, which is also a ring-necked Pheasant, 

 it differs in having the upper parts below the white ring brick-red, 

 without any trace of the green reflexions so conspicuous in that 

 bird. It further differs from that species (and resembles P. princi- 

 palis) in having the feathers of the breast broadly margined with 

 golden red, instead of being narrowly margined with black bronzed 

 with green. It is also a smaller bird, with a smaller spur. 



It can scarcely be a cross between P. mongolicus and P. princi- 

 palis, because the white ring is an absolutely perfect one in the 

 most typical example of the former, whilst it is as absolutely free 

 from the green reflexions which characterize P. mongolicus as the 

 most typical example of P. principalis. 



The example of this apparently new species of Pheasant was 

 sent to Mr. Tegetmeier by Lieutenant G. Tarnovski of Samarkand 

 as a specimen of the Pheasant of the Zarafshan, described by that 

 Russian sportsman in the 'Field' newspaper of the 21st of March 

 1891 (vol. Ixxvii. p. 409), under the name of Phasianus zerafohanicus 

 sive klossovskii ; but in the detailed description of that species it is 

 stated that " on specimens shot last autumn I found on nape and sides 

 of neck from six to eight white small feathers invisible from without. 

 On the birds which are the subject of this description I have been 

 unable to find any of these neck-feathers." From this statement it 



