﻿STRAUCH'S 
  PHEASANT 
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  type 
  of 
  berezowskyi 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  worn 
  plumage 
  of 
  summer 
  birds. 
  The 
  colour 
  of 
  the 
  chest 
  

   and 
  breast 
  is 
  also 
  variable 
  ; 
  sometimes 
  these 
  parts 
  are 
  so 
  strongly 
  washed 
  with 
  green 
  

   and 
  the 
  feathers 
  have 
  such 
  wide 
  dark-green 
  edges, 
  that 
  they 
  remind 
  one 
  strongly 
  of 
  

   P. 
  colchicus 
  vlangalii 
  — 
  which 
  is, 
  of 
  course, 
  very 
  different 
  on 
  the 
  upperside. 
  More 
  often 
  

   there 
  is 
  hardly 
  any 
  or 
  very 
  little 
  green 
  on 
  the 
  chest 
  and 
  breast, 
  except 
  along 
  the 
  middle 
  

   of 
  the 
  latter. 
  

  

  "Among 
  the 
  Tsin-ling 
  males 
  are 
  specimens 
  which 
  agree 
  absolutely 
  with 
  others 
  

   collected 
  in 
  Kansu 
  by 
  Russian 
  explorers 
  and 
  received 
  from 
  the 
  museums 
  in 
  St. 
  Petersburg 
  

   and 
  from 
  the 
  late 
  Th. 
  Lorenz 
  in 
  Moscow, 
  others 
  which 
  agree 
  with 
  the 
  type 
  of 
  berezowskyi 
  

   and 
  with 
  chonensis, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  with 
  holdereri, 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  I 
  remember, 
  having 
  seen 
  the 
  

   latter 
  some 
  years 
  ago, 
  and 
  judging 
  from 
  the 
  description 
  of 
  Schalow. 
  With 
  regard 
  to 
  

   that, 
  it 
  is 
  remarkable 
  that 
  the 
  author 
  named 
  a 
  bird 
  shot 
  on 
  the 
  same 
  day, 
  and 
  therefore 
  

   not 
  far 
  away 
  — 
  as 
  one 
  does 
  not 
  travel 
  fast 
  in 
  those 
  mountains 
  — 
  P. 
  strauchi." 
  

  

  We 
  know 
  little 
  of 
  Strauch's 
  Pheasant, 
  except 
  what 
  Przewalski 
  tells 
  us 
  : 
  "The 
  bird 
  

   inhabits 
  the 
  wooded 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  Kansu 
  Mountains, 
  up 
  to 
  an 
  absolute 
  height 
  of 
  10,000 
  

   feet. 
  It 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  most 
  numerous 
  in 
  the 
  Tetunga 
  and 
  Buguk-gol 
  valleys, 
  but 
  higher 
  

   up 
  these 
  rivers, 
  where 
  woods 
  are 
  scarce, 
  it 
  disappears. 
  

  

  "In 
  voice 
  and 
  habits 
  it 
  does 
  not 
  differ 
  from 
  P. 
  torquatus 
  and 
  P. 
  vlangalii. 
  The 
  

   breeding 
  season 
  commences 
  in 
  March 
  or 
  April, 
  and 
  lasts 
  until 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  July. 
  

   The 
  earliest 
  young 
  we 
  obtained 
  on 
  the 
  23rd 
  of 
  June. 
  The 
  number 
  of 
  young 
  varies 
  from 
  

   six 
  to 
  ten, 
  and 
  sometimes 
  even 
  twelve 
  ; 
  they 
  are 
  always 
  accompanied 
  by 
  both 
  parents, 
  

   and 
  very 
  often 
  the 
  male 
  bird 
  defends 
  the 
  young 
  even 
  more 
  vigorously 
  than 
  the 
  female." 
  

  

  SYNONYMY 
  

  

  Phasianus 
  strauchi 
  Przewalski, 
  Mongolia, 
  II. 
  1876^.119; 
  Przewalski, 
  in 
  Rowley's 
  Orn. 
  Misc., 
  II. 
  1877, 
  

   p. 
  417; 
  Przewalski, 
  Reisen 
  in 
  Tibet, 
  1884, 
  p. 
  59 
  (Kansu); 
  Seebohm, 
  Ibis, 
  1888, 
  p. 
  314; 
  Seebohm, 
  Proc. 
  

   Zool. 
  Soc. 
  London, 
  1888, 
  p. 
  267 
  (extends 
  south 
  to 
  M.) 
  ; 
  Seebohm, 
  Ibis, 
  1888, 
  p. 
  314 
  ; 
  Berezowskyi 
  and 
  Bianchi, 
  Birds 
  

   of 
  the 
  Kansu 
  Exped., 
  Potanin 
  (Russ.), 
  p. 
  18 
  (pt. 
  Hoo-sian) 
  ; 
  Pleske, 
  Bull. 
  Ac. 
  St. 
  Petersb., 
  XIII. 
  1892, 
  p. 
  296 
  

   (Sining 
  Mountains, 
  Tatung 
  Mts., 
  and 
  River, 
  and 
  Mts. 
  of 
  Amdoa) 
  ; 
  Grant, 
  Cat. 
  Game-birds 
  Brit. 
  Mus., 
  XXII. 
  1893, 
  

   p. 
  330; 
  Grant, 
  Hand-book 
  Game-birds, 
  II. 
  1897, 
  p. 
  29 
  ; 
  Grant, 
  Hand-list 
  Game-birds, 
  1899, 
  Vol. 
  I. 
  p 
  38 
  ; 
  Buturlin, 
  

   Ibis, 
  1904, 
  p. 
  410; 
  Buturlin, 
  Ibis, 
  1908, 
  p. 
  575. 
  

  

  Phasianus 
  torquatus 
  David 
  et 
  Oustalet, 
  Ois. 
  Chin., 
  1877, 
  P- 
  4°9 
  (pt- 
  var. 
  " 
  C," 
  Chensi 
  meridional) 
  ; 
  Berezowski 
  

   and 
  Bianchi, 
  Birds 
  of 
  the 
  Kansu 
  Exped., 
  Potanin 
  (Russ.), 
  p. 
  18 
  (W. 
  and 
  E. 
  Ordos) 
  ; 
  Grant, 
  Cat. 
  Birds 
  Brit. 
  Mus., 
  

   XXII. 
  1893, 
  p. 
  331 
  (partim); 
  Dresser, 
  Manual 
  Palae. 
  Birds, 
  191 
  3, 
  p. 
  665 
  (partim). 
  

  

  Phasianus 
  decollates 
  David 
  et 
  Oustalet, 
  Ois. 
  Chin., 
  1877, 
  p. 
  411 
  (partim, 
  S. 
  Shensi) 
  ; 
  Grant, 
  Cat. 
  Birds 
  Brit. 
  

   Mus., 
  XXII. 
  1893 
  (partim; 
  Sinling 
  Mts.). 
  

  

  Phasianus 
  holdereri 
  Schalow, 
  Jour, 
  fur 
  Orn., 
  1901, 
  p. 
  414 
  (N. 
  China) 
  ; 
  Parrot, 
  in 
  Wiao, 
  Ergb. 
  der 
  Exp. 
  

   Tilchner, 
  nach 
  China 
  u. 
  Tibet, 
  1903-1908, 
  Bond 
  X, 
  1 
  Tiel, 
  p. 
  132; 
  Thayer 
  and 
  Bangs, 
  Mem. 
  Mus. 
  Comp. 
  Zool., 
  

   Harvard, 
  XL. 
  1912, 
  p. 
  140; 
  Buturlin, 
  Ibis, 
  1904, 
  p. 
  406 
  ; 
  Alpheraky 
  and 
  Bianchi, 
  Ann. 
  Mus., 
  St. 
  Petersb., 
  XII. 
  

   p. 
  447. 
  

  

  Phasianus 
  berezowskyi 
  Rothschild, 
  Bull. 
  Brit. 
  Orn. 
  Club, 
  XII. 
  1901, 
  p. 
  20 
  (Hui-Tsian) 
  ; 
  Dresser, 
  Man. 
  Palae 
  

   Birds, 
  1903, 
  p. 
  663 
  (Subsp. 
  of 
  strauchi); 
  Buturlin, 
  Ibis, 
  1904, 
  p. 
  411. 
  

  

  Phasianus 
  colchicus 
  strauchi 
  Rothschild, 
  Bull. 
  Brit. 
  Orn. 
  Club, 
  XIV. 
  1904, 
  p. 
  37 
  ; 
  Hartert, 
  Nov. 
  Zool., 
  XXIV. 
  

   1917, 
  p. 
  451. 
  

  

  Phasianus 
  decollates, 
  var. 
  Bianchi, 
  Bull. 
  Acad. 
  St. 
  Petersb., 
  V. 
  1906, 
  ser. 
  XXIV. 
  t.n. 
  1 
  & 
  2, 
  pp. 
  83, 
  90 
  ; 
  Bianchi, 
  

   Aves 
  Exped. 
  Kozlowi, 
  1907, 
  p. 
  201 
  (var. 
  indiv.). 
  

  

  Phasianus 
  decollates 
  strauchi 
  Bianchi, 
  Bull. 
  Ac. 
  Sc. 
  St. 
  Petersb., 
  V. 
  1906, 
  ser. 
  XXIV, 
  t.n. 
  I& 
  2, 
  p. 
  90 
  (Russ.), 
  

   (pt. 
  var. 
  from 
  Soho-choto 
  ad. 
  ped. 
  sept. 
  jug. 
  Nan-Schan) 
  ; 
  Alpheraky 
  and 
  Bianchi, 
  Ann. 
  Mus. 
  Zool. 
  St. 
  Petersb., 
  XII. 
  

   1908, 
  p. 
  447. 
  

  

  Phasianus 
  decollates 
  decollates 
  Alpheraky 
  and 
  Bianchi, 
  Ann. 
  Mus. 
  Zool. 
  St. 
  Petersb., 
  XII. 
  1908, 
  p. 
  451. 
  

  

  Phasianus 
  decollates 
  berezowskyi 
  Buturlin, 
  Ibis, 
  1908, 
  p. 
  578. 
  

  

  Phasianus 
  strauchi 
  sohokhotensis 
  Buturlin, 
  Ibis, 
  1908, 
  p. 
  576. 
  

  

  Phasianus 
  strauchi 
  chonensis 
  Grant, 
  Bull. 
  Brit. 
  Orn. 
  Club, 
  XXXI. 
  1912, 
  p. 
  16. 
  

  

  