THE BIRDS 



OP 



MONGOLIA, THE TANGUT COUNTRY, 



AND THE 



SOLITUDES OF NORTHERN TIBET. 



By Lieut.-Col. N. PRJEVALSKY. 



[Continued from p. 389.] 



Order V. GALLINiE (continued}, 

 196. Phasianus strauchi% nov. sp. Fasan Straucha. 



Capite et coUo viridi-Eeneis, occipite olivaceo, violaceo vix micante; cervice aurata, maculis 

 triangularibus viridi-seneis ornata; scapnlaribus et dorsi parte antica obscure-ferrugineis, 

 albido nigroqne variis ; tectricibus alarum griseis, viridi micantibus, rbacbibus plumarum 

 albidis ; tergo et uropygio cinereis, viridi micantibus, primo squamulis fulvis nigris viridi- 

 busque notato, secundo immaeulato, lateribus vivide cinnamomeis ; pectore aureo-purpureo, 

 plumis nigro limbatis, abdomen versus medio metallice nigro ; abdomine fuliginoso, lateribus 

 rufo-auratis, maculis transversis chalybeis ornatis ; rectricibus brunneo-ferrugineis, violaceo 

 marginatis et fasciis latis transversis nigris, fulvo limbatis, ornatis; remigibus griseo- 

 brunneis, fulvescenti maculatis ; facie nuda papillosa, ruberrima. 



Fem, supra brunnea, fulvo nigroque variegata, subtus pallide fulvescenti-cana, dense 

 squamata et undulata. 



[This Pheasant is the subject of plate xvii. in the original.— Editor of O.M.] 



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