PHOTOGRAVURE 45 



HOME OF THE MONGOLIAN PHEASANT, FEEDING-GROUND IN THE TIAN 

 SHAN MOUNTAINS, BREEDING HAUNTS IN CHINESE TURKESTAN 



Pkasiamis colchicus ^nongolicus Brandt 



These hardy Ring-necks are found on tamarisk-covered sand dunes, where the birds can never 

 even know what a tree is, or they inhabit half-floating reedy islands, or they haunt cultivated areas, 

 while on the slopes of the mountains they range upward as high as four thousand feet, living, feeding 

 and nesting among the conifers and poplar forests. 



In the summer and autumn they wander far, but in winter the birds are compelled to search for 

 the yellow berries of the thorn scrub, and are strictly confined to the areas where this edible grows. 



