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PRINCE OF WALES'S PHEASANT 

 Phasianus colchicus principalis Sclater 



This splendid bird lives in southern Turkestan in the great Merv Oasis. In north-western Afghanistan 

 it has been found in tamarisk and grass jungle growing in the bed of the river. It wades and even swims 

 in the water of these marshes, but feeds in the more open, dry country. 



This form has been successfully introduced into England and elsewhere. 



