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  STRAUCH'S 
  PHEASANT 
  

   Phasianus 
  colchicus 
  strauchi 
  Prjewalski 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  wooded 
  slopes 
  of 
  the 
  Kansu 
  Mountains, 
  up 
  to 
  the 
  height 
  of 
  a 
  mile 
  and 
  a 
  half 
  above 
  the 
  

   sea, 
  Strauch's 
  Pheasant 
  makes 
  its 
  home. 
  It 
  varies 
  widely 
  in 
  character 
  of 
  plumage 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  limits 
  of 
  

   its 
  range 
  approaches 
  the 
  neighbouring 
  forms. 
  From 
  six 
  to 
  twelve 
  eggs 
  are 
  laid, 
  and 
  in 
  these 
  tumbled 
  

   mountains 
  the 
  pheasants 
  seem 
  to 
  be 
  more 
  strictly 
  monogamous, 
  the 
  cock 
  aiding 
  in 
  the 
  care 
  of 
  the 
  young, 
  

   than 
  in 
  the 
  great 
  fiat 
  plains 
  to 
  the 
  east, 
  where 
  food 
  is 
  more 
  abundant 
  and 
  the 
  birds 
  are 
  so 
  much 
  more 
  

   numerous. 
  

  

  