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I name this species after our Ambassador to China, Mr. M. E. Vlangali, 

 to whose help our expedition and success is mostly due. 



We found this bird in Tsaidam, where it inhabits the cane-groves and 

 bush-covered localities. It principally feeds on beri'ies in autumn and 

 winter, which it eats sitting on the branches, and at that time especially is 

 very wild and wary. It does not differ in voice from the preceding species, 

 and begins to breed very early in spring. We have heard it as early as the 

 13th of February. 



According to the statements of the natives, this Pheasant's range extends 

 westwards as far as the Tsaidam marshes ; eastwards its distribution is 

 unknown; and the northern limit is formed by the Koko-nor mountain- 

 chain. 



[Note. — We are informed that Col. Prjevalsky has now reached Lob-Noz, Central Asia, whence 

 he intends to penetrate to the northern slope of the Himalayas.— En.] 



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