PLATE LIV 



STRAUCH'S PHEASANT 



Phasianus colchicus strauchi Prjewalskl 



On the wooded slopes of the Kansu Mountains, up to the height of a mile and a half above the 

 sea, Strauch's Pheasant makes its home. It varies widely in character of plumage and on the limits of 

 its range approaches the neighbouring forms. From six to twelve eggs are laid, and in these tumbled 

 mountains the pheasants seem to be more strictly monogamous, the cock aiding in the care of the young, 

 than in the great flat plains to the east, where food is more abundant and the birds are so much more 

 numerous. 



