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KEY TO ADULT MALE PHASLANUS. 



1 . Neck metallic greenish or bluish. 



2. Breast coppery chestnut torquatus, p. 135. 



2'. Breast dark green versicolor, p. 135. 



1'. Neck chestnut, with coppery and purple reflections. 



scemmerringii, p. 135. 



Phasianus torquatus Gmel. Ring-necked Pheasant. 



Adult male. — Neck metallic g-reenish or bluish, back of head tufted ; 

 breast rich coppery chestnut, with metallic purple and coppery reflections ; 

 neck wholly or partly encircled by white collar. Adult female : tail 

 brown, barred with black and white. Male : length 2| feet, wing 9.50- 

 10.50, tail 17.50-20.00. Female : length 20-24, wing 8.50, tail 11-12. 



Distribution. — Southern Siberia, Corea, and northeastern China. Intro- 

 duced into twenty-five states. 

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Phasianus versicolor Vieill. Green Pheasant. 



Adult male. — Neck metallic green or blue, back of head tufted ; breast, 

 sides, and flanks dark green. Adult female : tail barred over reddish or 

 purplish ground. Male : length 24-27, wing 9.60, tail 16. Female : 

 length 20, wing S.25, tail 10.50. 



Distribution. — Japan, except Yezo. Introduced, but apparently with 

 little success, in western Oregon. 



Phasianus scemmerringii Temm. Copper Pheasant. 



Adult male. — Chestnut and rufous, glossed with coppery red and pur- 

 plish ; rump broadly streaked with white, tail broadly banded. Adult 

 female : tail, except four middle feathers, brown, with subterminal black 

 bar and white tip. Male : length 36, wing 9, tail 28. Female : length 

 18-20, wing 8.25, tail 8.50. 



Distribution. — Niphon and Kuisui, Japan. Introduced, but without 

 apparent success, in western Oregon. 



GENUS CHRYSOLOPHUS. 



General Characters. — Head crested, neck with conspicuous erectile ruff. 



Chrysolophus pictus. Golden Pheasant. 



Adult male. — Ivutf or cape golden orange, barred with black ; entire 

 under parts, except cliin and throat, bright red ; tail brown, barred, and 

 reticulated with black. Adult female : upper parts mottled brown, heavily 

 barred with dusky on top and back of head, wings, neck, chest, sides, and 

 flanks ; rest of under parts plain light buff. Male : length 4(». wing 7.70, 

 tail 27. Female : length 24, wing 7, tail 14. 



Distribution. — Mountains of .southern (^hina. Introduced in western 

 Oregon, and Protection Island, Washington, and recently in New Mexico. 



GENUS GENN^JUS. 



Gennaeus nycthemerus Linn. Silver Pheasant. 



Adult male. — Crest and under parts glossy blue black ; face, legs, and 

 feet bright red ; rest of upper parts pure white, marked with V-shaped 

 pencilings of black. Adult female : brown, under parts with paler shaft 

 streaks, posterior parts and thighs irregularly mottled witli zigzag lines of 

 dusky ; tail, except middle feathers, irregularly barred with black and 



