386 THE BIRDS OF MONGOLIA ETC. 



as late as August some young ones were observed which did not exceed a 

 Ptarmigan in size ; and we found that generally Pheasants breed very late 

 in Mongolia, and that the young grow slowly. 



Whenever we saw a family of these Pheasants the old birds were 

 present ; and the male bird seems to look as anxiously after the young as the 

 hen, and on the approach of danger crows most vigorously, whilst the hen 

 at once takes to wing and tries to attract the attention of the sportsman and 

 his dog. The young alw^ays endeavour to save themselves by running, and 

 do not separate from each other until late in the autumn. 



In Ussuri country this Pheasant is commonest about Lake Hanka and 

 the southern coasts of the Japanese Sea from Possiete Bay as far as St. 

 Olga, and even further. They usually assemble in the neighbourhood of 

 cultivated land, where they feed on all sorts of grain, and do not even reject 

 young potatoes, which they swallow whole. In the oak- forests I shot 

 Pheasants which had their crops full of pealed acorns ; and in autumn they 

 usually get very fat in Ussuri country, which I did not notice at all in 

 Mongolia. In Ussuri the breeding- season lasts until the end of June ; and 

 we got young ones about this time and the beginning of July. The moult of 

 the old birds lasts until the end of October. 



195. Phasianus vlangalii, n. sp.* Fasan Vlangali, 



Capite et coUo viridi-seneis ; occipite griseo-olivaceo^ viridi micante ; cervice, dorsi parte antica 

 scapularibusque rufescenti-auratis^ prima maculis triangularibus viridi-seneis ornata ; tectri- 

 cibus alarum cinereis^ rhachibus plumarum albidis; tergo et uropygio cinereis_, viridi 

 micantibus^ primo squamulis fulvis_, nigris viridibusque notato_, secundo immaculato^ lateribus 

 vivide cinnamomeis ; pectore medio viridi-seneo ; abdomine fuliginosOj lateribus rufescenti- 

 auratis^ maculis transversis chalybeis ornatis ; cauda brunneo-rufescente^ fasciis transversis 

 nigris^ fulvo limbatis^ ornata ; remigibus griseo-brunneis^ fulvescenti maculatis ; facie nuda^ 

 papillosa^ ruberrima. 



Fern, isabellina^ nigro fulvoque varia^ pectore et abdomine immaculatis. 



■^ [Phasianus vlangalii is figured in plate xvi. of tbe original. — Editor of O. M.] 



