THE PHEASANT FAMILY 5 



following list vary in form more or less 

 consistently in accordance with their 

 geographical distribution,^ the tendencies 

 in variation being clearly indicated in the 

 accompanying diagram. 



WHITE RINGS 



RUMPS 

 MAROON 



w 



N 



RUMPS 

 GREY 



s 



RINGLESS 



We can lay no claim to exactitude in the 

 nomenclature of pheasants, nor can the 

 following list be taken as any authority 

 on correct classification : the seventeen 



^ Given on the authority of Mr. Ogilvie Grant of the 

 British Museum, who has long made the natural history 

 of game birds his special province in the field of ornitho- 

 logical research. 



