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  HOME 
  OF 
  THE 
  PERSIAN 
  PHEASANT 
  IN 
  SOUTHERN 
  TRANSCASPIA 
  

   Phasianus 
  colchicus 
  persicus 
  Severt^ 
  

  

  These 
  birds 
  live 
  in 
  vast 
  plains 
  either 
  covered 
  with 
  reeds, 
  or 
  else 
  he, 
  with 
  the 
  appearance 
  of 
  steppes 
  

   where 
  also 
  are 
  found 
  troops 
  of 
  wild 
  boars, 
  hyaenas 
  and 
  great 
  bustards 
  They 
  feed 
  on 
  the 
  juniper 
  berries 
  

   and 
  many 
  fly 
  at 
  night 
  for 
  safety 
  to 
  the 
  islands 
  in 
  the 
  sluggish 
  rivers) 
  avoid 
  their 
  enemies, 
  the 
  cheetahs 
  

   and 
  leopards. 
  

  

  HOME 
  OF 
  THE 
  PRINCE 
  OF 
  WALES'S 
  PHEASAN' 
  SOUTH 
  TURKESTAN 
  

   Phasianus 
  colchicus 
  principalis 
  Sclat 
  

  

  The 
  Murghab 
  River 
  is 
  muddy 
  and 
  turgid, 
  of 
  the 
  colour 
  of 
  pr 
  coffee, 
  flowing 
  in 
  a 
  channel 
  of 
  

   brown 
  clay, 
  between 
  high 
  banks 
  which 
  are 
  ever 
  crumbling. 
  In 
  thepring 
  the 
  river 
  becomes 
  a 
  terrible 
  

   torrent, 
  tearing 
  through 
  the 
  desert 
  with 
  irresistible 
  force, 
  forcing 
  all 
  ng 
  creatures 
  far 
  from 
  their 
  normal 
  

   haunts 
  along 
  its 
  banks. 
  Here 
  this 
  pheasant 
  makes 
  its 
  home. 
  

  

  