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are distinctly larger, and take less to 

 the open fields. 



The male has a great variety of calls, 

 some of them very loud. The cluck of 

 the feviale closely resembles the 

 resonant sound made by striking the 

 hollow wooden "fish-head" used by 

 the Buddhists. 



Sub-Family, Phasianinae, Pheasants. 



This family, though closely allied to 

 the foregoing, may be distinguished by 

 their larger size, elegant plumage, long 

 tails, and by the first primary of the 

 wing always being shorter than the 

 tenth. 



This family comprises about 20 

 genera, and upwards of 100 species of 

 which 4ad are found in China and two 

 in the Yangtse Valley. 



EING-NECKED PHEx\SANT. 



PHASIANUS TORQUATUS GM. 

 (P. holdereri kiangsuensis Buturlin.) 



Description. — Length 25 inches. 

 Tail 20 inches in the male. Bill 

 ivory white, shaded darker in the 

 female. Iris yellow. Legs light bluish 

 slate color. 



Male. — Head and upper neck 

 irridescent, dark, purplish green, ex- 

 cept the crown and nape which are 

 light bronze green in the center with 

 a white line on either side, and the 

 space around the eye which is covered 

 with very short red, hairlike feathers 

 dotted with black ones. There is a 

 pure white collar more or less com- 

 plete around the neck. 



The lower neck and upper back are 

 richly marked with black, white, and 

 yellow ; the scapulars with rufous, 

 white, and black ; and the general 



