﻿PHOTOGRAVURE 
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  HOME 
  OF 
  THE 
  MONGOLIAN 
  PHEASANT, 
  FEEDING-GROUND 
  IN 
  THE 
  TIAN 
  

   SHAN 
  MOUNTAINS, 
  BREEDING 
  HAUNTS 
  IN 
  CHINESE 
  TURKESTAN 
  

  

  Phasianus 
  colchicus 
  mongolicus 
  Brandt 
  

  

  These 
  hardy 
  Ring-necks 
  are 
  found 
  on 
  tamarisk-covered 
  sand 
  dunes, 
  where 
  the 
  birds 
  can 
  never 
  

   even 
  know 
  what 
  a 
  tree 
  is, 
  or 
  they 
  inhabit 
  half-floating 
  reedy 
  islands, 
  or 
  they 
  haunt 
  cultivated 
  areas, 
  

   while 
  on 
  the 
  slopes 
  of 
  the 
  mountains 
  they 
  range 
  upward 
  as 
  high 
  as 
  four 
  thousand 
  feet, 
  living, 
  feeding 
  

   and 
  nesting 
  among 
  the 
  conifers 
  and 
  poplar 
  forests. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  summer 
  and 
  autumn 
  they 
  wander 
  far, 
  but 
  in 
  winter 
  the 
  birds 
  are 
  compelled 
  to 
  search 
  for 
  

   the 
  yellow 
  berries 
  of 
  the 
  thorn 
  scrub, 
  and 
  are 
  strictly 
  confined 
  to 
  the 
  areas 
  where 
  this 
  edible 
  grows. 
  

  

  