CHAPTER XII 



The Formosan Ring-necked Pheasant 

 i^Phasiamis Formosanus) 



This species inhabits the Island of Formosa, where the birds 

 are numerous. In many of its features it strongly resembles 

 P. Torquatus, but differs from this in the paleness of its 

 ground colour ; moreover the margins of the feathers have 

 a deep border of a purplish green. 



Stone's Pheasant [Phasianus Elegans) 



Mr Stone sent two specimens of this species to the 

 Zoological Society's Gardens, which he obtained in the 

 Yun-ling Mountains. The male bears a resemblance to 

 the hybrids produced from Colchicus and Versicolor, whilst 

 the female has the upper part of the throat and neck white, 

 the under parts of the body in front having irregular black 

 bars. The chest, breast and sides of the belly are a very 

 dark green, and the medium wing-coverts, greenish-grey. 



The Chinese Ringless Pheasant [Phasianus Decollaius) 



As the name of this species implies, it is destitute of the 

 white ring, so characteristic of the allied species P. Torquatus, 

 and the crown of the head is a very dark green, and not 

 bronze-green, as in the true ring-necked Pheasant. In some 



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