﻿PHOTOGRAVURE 
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  HAUNTS 
  OF 
  THE 
  TURKESTAN 
  MONGOLIAN 
  PHEASANT 
  OR 
  

   SYR-DARIA 
  RING-NECK 
  

  

  Phasianus 
  colchicus 
  turcestanicus 
  Lorenz 
  

  

  Over 
  the 
  great, 
  but 
  little 
  known 
  region 
  of 
  Turkestan 
  known 
  as 
  Syr-Daria, 
  with 
  its 
  rugged 
  gorges 
  

   and 
  snow-capped 
  mountains, 
  its 
  scattered 
  villages, 
  fields 
  of 
  grain 
  and 
  herds 
  of 
  goats, 
  the 
  most 
  western 
  

   of 
  all 
  the 
  Ring-necks 
  is 
  found. 
  

  

  It 
  drinks 
  at 
  tiny 
  meandering 
  streams, 
  which 
  in 
  spring 
  become 
  raging 
  torrents, 
  it 
  gleans 
  from 
  the 
  

   grain 
  in 
  autumn 
  or 
  scratches 
  in 
  the 
  frozen 
  ground 
  in 
  winter. 
  Among 
  the 
  wind-blown 
  sturdy 
  shrubs 
  or 
  

   the 
  long 
  waving 
  reeds 
  it 
  roosts 
  at 
  night, 
  ever 
  seeking 
  to 
  avoid 
  the 
  hosts 
  of 
  enemies 
  which 
  threaten 
  it 
  

   on 
  every 
  side. 
  

  

  