86 J. Scully — 0)1 a Collection of Mammals and [No. 1, 



71. Sturnus poltaratskyi, Finscli. 



1, 2 Chahar Shamba, Maimanah, February 11. 

 a. Ditto ditto, February 14. 



72. Pastor roseus, (Linn.). 



1, 2, Karawal Khana, Badghis, Herat, April 14. 



73. COLUMBA INTERMEDIA, Strickland. 



1. Chahar Shamba, Maimanah, February 22. 



74. COLUMBA EVERSMANNI, Bonap. 



1. Min Darakht, Maimanah, June 1. 



75. TuRTUR AURITUS, Gray. 



1. Chilik, Afghan Turkistan, July 2. 



76. Pterocles alchata, (Linn.). 



1. 2 cf Kham-i-ab, Afghan Turkistan, June 18. 

 3. $ „ ditto 



77. Phasianus PRINCIPALIS, Sclater. 



1. cT Chahar Shamba, Maimanah, Feb. 10. 



2. cf Maruchak, Murghab, Herat, March 10. 



3. cf Ditto ditto, March 20. 



4. g Ditto ditto, March 26. 



5. ^ Ditto ditto, Dec. 25. 



This fine pheasant has lately been described as new, from specimens 

 obtained in the basin of the Murghab river by officers of the Afghan 

 Boundary Commission. It is very like Phasianus shaivi of Eastern 

 Turkistan, but is fairly distinguishable from it by apparently constant 

 characters. I have examined some half dozen males of this pheasant, 

 and I note that the variation between individuals is very small ; one, 

 however (No 1) above has a distinct wash of green on the rump and 

 upper tail coverts, and a small snow white spot on one side of the hind- 

 neck, marking the position of a demi-collar. On the characters and dis- 

 tribution of P. principalis^ P. shawij and other allies of P. colchicus, Mr. 

 Seebohm's interesting paper in the Ibis for April 1887, p. 168 may be 

 consulted. 



78. Tetraogallus himalayensis (Gray). 



1. Dhap Darah, Hindu Kush, Turkistan, Oct. 7. 



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