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[Vol. xi 



" Since the appearance of that hook in 1893, there have 

 been 7 new forms described : — ■ 



Phasianus holdereri. 



pallasi. 



karpowi. 



berezowskyi. 



Phasianus scemmerringi ijirnae. 



burmanicus. 



■ hatjenbecki. 



" Now all these races, except the P. scemmerringi, ellioti, and 

 reevesi groups, replace one another and are never found side 

 by side in the same locality; and where their ranges overlap, 

 intermediate forms occur. Therefore I consider that all 

 Mr. Grant's first 18 species and subspecies, together with 

 P. holdereri, pallasi, karpowi, and berezowskyi, are subspecies 

 of Phasianus colchicus. If, as is the case with, the pheasants 

 in England, two or more races are crossed and recrossed 

 indefinitely, it is not wonderful that some of the offspring 

 should resemble quite different races, but this does not 

 prove that in their native haunts the birds are not distinct 

 races breeding true. It would be just as absurd to say 

 that because the English Red Deer and the Sika from 

 Japan interbreed indefinitely they were one and the same 

 animal. 



" I exhibit specimens to-night of : — 



Phasianus colchicus. 



septentrionalis. 



— talischensis. 



persicus. 



principalis. 



zerafshanicus. 



shawi. 



tarimensis. 



chrysomelas. 



mongolicus. 



semitorquatus. 



■ (aberr. sine 



torque) . 



elegans. 



Phasianus colchicus vlangali. 



strauchi. 



pallasi. 



karpowi. 



torquatus. 



satscheunensis. 



formosanus. 



— versicolor. 



■ berezowskyi. 



■ bagenbecki. 



scemmerringi. 



scintillans, 



ijimse. 



and the following cross-bred birds : — 



" Phasianus colchicus x Ph. c. torquatus, Ph. colchicus x 

 Ph. c. versicolor, Ph. c. versicolor x Ph. c. mongolicus, 

 Ph. c. torquatus x Ph, c. versicolor, Ph. c. mongolicus x 



