PHOTOGRAVURE 46 



HAUNTS OF THE TURKESTAN MONGOLIAN PHEASANT OR 



SYR-DARIA RING-NECK 



Phasiamis colchicus turcestanicus Lorenz 



Over the great, but little known region of Turkestan known as Syr-Daria, with its rugged gorges 

 and snow-capped mountains, its scattered villages, fields of grain and herds of goats, the most western 

 of all the Ring-necks is found. 



It drinks at tiny meandering streams, which in spring become raging torrents, it gleans from the 

 grain in autumn or scratches in the frozen ground in winter. Among the wind-blown sturdy shrubs or 

 the long waving reeds it roosts at night, ever seeking to avoid the hosts of enemies which threaten it 

 on every side. 



