﻿SATCHU 
  OASIS 
  PHEASANT 
  

  

  Phasianus 
  colchicus 
  satscheuensis 
  Pleske 
  

  

  NAMES.— 
  Subspecific 
  : 
  satscheuensis, 
  from 
  the 
  bird's 
  home, 
  the 
  Satchu 
  Oasis. 
  English 
  : 
  Satchu 
  Oasis 
  

   Pheasant. 
  

  

  Type. 
  — 
  Locality 
  : 
  Oasis 
  of 
  Satchu. 
  Describer 
  : 
  Pleske. 
  Place 
  of 
  Description 
  : 
  Bull. 
  Acad. 
  St. 
  Petersb., 
  XIII. 
  

   1892, 
  p. 
  296. 
  

  

  Subspecific 
  Characters. 
  — 
  Male 
  : 
  Distinguished 
  from 
  its 
  nearest 
  neighbours 
  tarimensis, 
  vlangalii 
  and 
  

   straucki 
  by 
  its 
  very 
  pale 
  colour 
  and 
  white 
  collar, 
  and 
  from 
  torquatus 
  by 
  the 
  sandy-brown 
  instead 
  of 
  Indian-red 
  

   margins 
  of 
  the 
  scapulars 
  and 
  secondaries, 
  while 
  the 
  margins 
  of 
  the 
  ventral 
  plumage 
  are 
  wide 
  and 
  purplish 
  green. 
  

   Female 
  : 
  Is 
  very 
  much 
  paler 
  than 
  torquatus, 
  the 
  dorsal 
  plumage 
  pale 
  buff 
  with 
  greatly 
  reduced 
  black 
  markings. 
  

  

  GEOGRAPHICAL 
  DISTRIBUTION 
  

  

  The 
  most 
  western 
  portion 
  of 
  Kansu, 
  north 
  of 
  the 
  Nan-shan. 
  Along 
  the 
  valley 
  of 
  

   the 
  Buluzin 
  and 
  the 
  marshes 
  and 
  lake 
  of 
  Khalachi-Nor; 
  the 
  valley 
  of 
  the 
  Dankhe, 
  the 
  

   oasis 
  of 
  Satchu; 
  Ansu, 
  Shao-wan 
  and 
  Shanto-po, 
  from 
  2,000 
  to 
  7,000 
  feet. 
  

  

  SYNONYMY 
  

  

  Phasianus 
  satscheuensis 
  Przewalsky, 
  from 
  Zaissan 
  through 
  Khami 
  to 
  Tibet 
  (Russ.), 
  1883, 
  p. 
  g${descr. 
  nulla) 
  ; 
  

   Pleske, 
  Bull. 
  Acad. 
  St. 
  Petersb., 
  XIII. 
  1892, 
  p. 
  296 
  (N. 
  of 
  Nan-shan 
  Mts.) 
  ; 
  Kozlow, 
  Res. 
  Imp. 
  Russ. 
  Geogr. 
  S. 
  

   Exped. 
  C. 
  Asia 
  (Russ.), 
  II. 
  1899, 
  pp. 
  107, 
  113, 
  286 
  ; 
  Buturlin, 
  Ibis, 
  1904, 
  p. 
  398. 
  

  

  Phasianus 
  satscheunensis 
  Prjevalsky, 
  Reisen 
  in 
  Tibet, 
  1884, 
  p. 
  59 
  (Satschen) 
  ; 
  Dedit, 
  Jour, 
  fur 
  Orn., 
  1886, 
  

   p. 
  527; 
  Grant, 
  Cat. 
  Birds 
  Brit. 
  Mus., 
  XXII. 
  1893, 
  p. 
  333. 
  

  

  Phasianus 
  shawi 
  Seebohm, 
  Ibis, 
  1888, 
  p. 
  415 
  (partim, 
  Satschen). 
  

  

  Phasianus 
  satschuensis 
  Dresser, 
  Manual 
  Palae. 
  Birds, 
  1903, 
  p. 
  667 
  (subsp. 
  of 
  c. 
  torquatus). 
  

  

  Phasianus 
  colchicus 
  satscheuensis 
  Hartert, 
  Nov. 
  Zool., 
  XXIV. 
  1917, 
  p. 
  45 
  2 
  - 
  

  

  Phasianus 
  colchicus 
  satscheunensis 
  Rothschild, 
  Bull. 
  Brit. 
  Orn. 
  Club, 
  XIV. 
  1904, 
  p. 
  37. 
  

  

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