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KKY TO ADULT MALE I'HASIANUS. 



1. Neck metallic greenish or bluish. 



'2. Breast coppery chestnut torquatus, p. 135. 



2 . Breast dark green versicolor, p. 135. 



r. Neck chestnut, with cojjpery and purple reflections. 



soemmerriiigii. p. 135. 



Phasianus torquatus Gmel. Ring-necked Pheasant. 



Adult male. — Neck metallic greenish or bluish, back of head tufted ; 

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

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

 brown, barred with black and white. Male : length 2i 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. 



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 1(5. Female : 

 length 20, wing 8.25, tail 10.50. 



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

 little success, in western Oregon. 



Phasianus soemmerringii 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 3(5, wing- 9, tail 28. Female : length 

 18-20, wing 8.25, tail 8..5!). 



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 malt'. — Kufl" or ( iii)e golden orange, barred with black ; entire 

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

 retiodated with black. Adult female : ui)per parts mottled brown, heavily 

 barred with dusky on top and l)ack of head, wings, neck, chest, sides, and 

 flanks; icst of under ])arts plain light buft'. Male: leng-th 40, wing- 7.70, 

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



Distribution. — Mountains of southern China. Introduced in western 

 Oregon, and Protection Island. Washing-ton, and recently in New Mexico. 



GENUS GENN^US. 

 Gennseus nycthenierus Linn. Silver Pheasant. 



.\dult malr. — Crest and imdt'r parts glo.ssy blue black ; face, ^fiffs, and 

 feet bright red ; rest of ui)per parts pure white, marked witli V-shaped 

 pencilings of black. Adult fenude : brown, under parts with paler siaft 

 streaks, posterior i)arts and thighs irregularly mottled witli zigzag lines of 

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



