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  A 
  MONOGRAPH 
  OF 
  THE 
  PHEASANTS 
  

  

  reeds, 
  which 
  form 
  safe 
  refuges 
  for 
  both 
  wild 
  boars 
  and 
  pheasants, 
  the 
  latter 
  flying 
  to 
  the 
  

   shore 
  and 
  feeding 
  throughout 
  the 
  day, 
  returning 
  at 
  night 
  to 
  roost 
  among 
  the 
  reeds. 
  In 
  

   fact, 
  of 
  the 
  pheasants 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  these 
  islands, 
  almost 
  all 
  seem 
  to 
  have 
  this 
  

   habit. 
  It 
  would 
  seem 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  necessary 
  method 
  of 
  escape 
  from 
  the 
  leopards, 
  cheetahs, 
  

   hyaenas 
  and 
  other 
  dangers 
  which 
  in 
  this 
  almost 
  treeless 
  country 
  would 
  soon 
  bring 
  about 
  

   the 
  extermination 
  of 
  these 
  birds 
  were 
  they 
  compelled 
  to 
  roost 
  upon 
  the 
  ground 
  with 
  no 
  

   surrounding 
  barrier 
  of 
  water 
  to 
  protect 
  them. 
  The 
  Persian 
  Pheasant 
  is 
  extremely 
  local 
  

   in 
  its 
  haunts, 
  and 
  while 
  abundant 
  along 
  the 
  course 
  of 
  one 
  river, 
  may 
  be 
  entirely 
  absent 
  

   from 
  the 
  adjacent 
  ones, 
  or 
  from 
  a 
  parallel 
  stream 
  flowing 
  through 
  exactly 
  similar 
  

   territory, 
  with 
  otherwise 
  corresponding 
  fauna 
  and 
  flora. 
  

  

  SYNONYMY 
  

  

  Phasianus 
  colchicus, 
  var. 
  Poelzam, 
  Proc. 
  Kasan 
  Soc. 
  Nat. 
  I. 
  1870, 
  p. 
  140 
  [nee 
  Linnaeus 
  1758). 
  

  

  Pkasianus 
  persicus 
  Sewertzow, 
  Bull. 
  Soc. 
  Nat. 
  Mosc. 
  XLVIII. 
  1874, 
  pt. 
  3 
  (published 
  in 
  1875), 
  p. 
  20S 
  

   (southern 
  shore 
  of 
  Caspian) 
  ; 
  Sewertzow, 
  Jour, 
  fur 
  Orn. 
  1875, 
  p. 
  225 
  ; 
  Sewertzow, 
  Ibis, 
  1875, 
  p. 
  494 
  ; 
  Bogdanow, 
  

   Consp. 
  Av. 
  Russ. 
  I. 
  1884, 
  p. 
  19 
  (Ashourada 
  and 
  Peninsula 
  of 
  Potemkine) 
  ; 
  Seebohm, 
  Ibis, 
  1887, 
  p. 
  170; 
  Menzb., 
  

   Ibis, 
  1887, 
  p. 
  302 
  (Atrak, 
  Sumbar 
  and 
  Chandir 
  Rivers) 
  ; 
  Sharpe, 
  Trans. 
  Linn. 
  Soc. 
  (2) 
  Zool. 
  V. 
  1889, 
  p. 
  86 
  

   (Bauder-i-ghaz) 
  ; 
  Radde 
  and 
  Walt., 
  Ornis, 
  1889, 
  pp. 
  89-96, 
  170, 
  180 
  (Transcaspia) 
  ; 
  Zarudny, 
  Bull. 
  Soc. 
  Nat. 
  

   Mosc, 
  1889, 
  p. 
  812; 
  Grant, 
  Cat. 
  Birds 
  Brit. 
  Mus. 
  XXII. 
  1893, 
  p. 
  324; 
  Dresser, 
  Birds 
  Eur. 
  Suppl. 
  1895-96, 
  

   p. 
  317, 
  col. 
  pi. 
  ; 
  Zarudny, 
  Orn. 
  Faun. 
  Transcasp. 
  1896, 
  p. 
  476 
  ; 
  Grant, 
  Hand-book 
  Game-birds, 
  Vol. 
  II. 
  1897, 
  p. 
  15 
  ; 
  

   Dresser, 
  Manual 
  Palae. 
  Birds, 
  1903, 
  p. 
  661 
  ; 
  Buturlin, 
  Ibis, 
  1904, 
  p. 
  387 
  (N.E. 
  Persia 
  and 
  S.W. 
  Transcaspia) 
  ; 
  

   Buturlin, 
  Ibis, 
  1908, 
  pp. 
  585, 
  587; 
  Witherby, 
  Ibis, 
  1910, 
  p. 
  516; 
  Zarudny, 
  Jour, 
  fur 
  Orn. 
  59, 
  191 
  1, 
  p. 
  204 
  

   (Choressen, 
  Persia). 
  

  

  Pltasianus 
  shawi 
  Elliot, 
  Ibis, 
  1876, 
  p. 
  132 
  {nee 
  Elliot, 
  1870). 
  

  

  Phasianus 
  komarowi 
  Zarudny 
  ', 
  Bull. 
  Soc. 
  Nat. 
  Mosc. 
  LXI. 
  1885, 
  pp. 
  277, 
  322 
  (Tchirin-Tchai, 
  Kizzl-kan). 
  

  

  Phasianus 
  colchicus 
  persicus 
  Rothschild, 
  Bull. 
  Brit. 
  Orn. 
  Club, 
  XIV. 
  1904, 
  p. 
  37 
  ; 
  Hartert, 
  Nov. 
  Zool. 
  XXIV. 
  

   1917, 
  p. 
  449. 
  

  

  