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Show 408 MR. D. G. ELLIOT ON NEW PHEASANTS. [June 9, which now present themselves to us, and which make it readily recognizable wherever seen. Although to some it may be deemed hardly entitled to a specific rank, yet it is certainly worthy of some appellation to enable it to be distinguished when mentioned ; and as biuominal names are the only ones admissible, it becomes necessary to give it specific rank, rather than to describe it as a variety. The true torquatus of China is not known in Formosa. In my Monograph of the Phasianidee, now publishing, I shall give a Plate showing both sexes of this species, drawn by Mr. Wolf, which will exhibit its characteristics more clearly than m y description has. The discovery of these new species increases the number of true Pheasants now known to ornithologists to nine, a list of which is here given. , 1. PHASIANUS COLCHICUS. Phasianus colchicus, Linn, et auct. Hab. Mingrelia, the Ancient Colchis; River Ilia, Caucasus; Lake of Apollouia near Broussa, Albania ; Gulf of Salonica, iEtolia. 2. PHASIANUS SHAWII. Phasianus shawii, Elliot, P. Z. S. 1870. Hab. Province of Yarkand, Eastern Turkestan. 3. PHASIANUS INSIGNIS. Phasianus insignis, Elliot, P. Z. S. 1870. Hab. Province of Yarkand, Eastern Turkestan. 4. PHASIANUS MONGOLICUS. Phasianus mongolicus, Brandt, Bull. Acad. Scien. St. Petersb. vol. iii. p. 54. Hab. Altai and Tarbagatai Mountains ; Gobi Desert, south of the Tangnu Mountains, Mongolia ; Boukhara. 5. PHASIANUS TORQUATUS. Phasianus torquatus, Gmel. Syst. Nat. (1788), t. i. p. 742. Hab. Eastern China, from Transbaikalia, Amoorlaud, into Southern China; Provinces of Hankow, Tientsin, Foochow, and Pekin. 6. PHASIANUS FORMOSANUS. Phasianus formosanus, Elliot, P. Z. S. 1870. Hab. Island of Formosa. 7. PHASIANUS DECOLLATUS. Phasianus decollatus, Swinhoe, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 135. Hab. Eastern part of the province of Szechuen. 8. PHASIANUS SLADENI. Phasianus sladeni, Anderss. M S . Hab. Western borders of the province of Yunan. |