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Mr. Ogilvie-Grant described a new Pheasant which had 

 been procured by Mr. George Fen wick-Owen in South- 

 western Kansu during his recent expedition to Central Asia. 



Phasianus strauchi chonensis, subsp. n. 



Adult male. Most nearly allied to P. strauchi Prjev., 

 which it resembles in having the chest bronze-red, but of a 

 darker hue ; it differs principally in the darker bronze-gold 

 colour of the mantle, the dark greenish bronze-red margins 

 of the scapulars, and in the very much wider bars across 

 the tail-feathers. In this latter respect it approaches P. siieh- 

 shanensis Bianchi, from N.W. Sze-chuan, and P. elegans 

 from South-west Sze-chuan, West Yunnan, &c, but is 

 easily distinguished from both these forms by having the 

 chest bronze-red instead of dark green, and the middles of 

 the scapulars largely creamy-white as in P. strauchi. It 

 stands, in fact, in an intermediate position between 

 P. strauchi and P. suehshanensis } but is most nearly allied 

 to the former. 



P. strauchi inhabits the Sining Mts. and the Tatung Mts. 

 and valley to the east of Koko-nor. 



Hob. Banks and tributaries of the Tau River in the Chone 

 District of S.W. Kansu, and among the foot-hills of the 

 North Peling Mts., at elevations varying from 6000-9000 feet. 



Type in the British Museum : $ . Tau River, 7000 feet. 

 G. Fenwick-Owen coll. 



Obs. This interesting new Pheasant, together with examples 

 of other species, has recently been presented to the British 

 Museum by Mr. Fenwick-Owen. It was so numerous in some 

 of the valleys that three guns might easily have killed five 

 hundred birds in a day. It was always found near cultivation, 

 but retired to the bush-clad hills and river-belts at night. 



Mr. Ogilvie-Grant said that he was sure all the Members 

 of the Club would be glad to learn that Mr. Wollaston and 

 his party had reached the southern coast of Dutch New 

 Guinea about the 18th of September, and had formed a 

 base-camp on the Oetakwa River, as far up as the water 

 was navigable for their launch. Mr. Kloss reported that 



