206 NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



Europe in <;enoral, except colder portions; introduced into (and 

 naturalized in?) eastern United States. (Introduced into Europe 

 from western Asia.) 



P. colchicus Linn. Pheasant.* 



c*. Adult male witli white collar round neck, much narrower (sometimes 



interrupted) before and behind ; otherwise closely resembling P. 



colchicus. Hub. China. (Introduced into and partiallj' naturalized 



in western Oregon ?) 



P. torquatus Gmel. Ring-necked Pheasant.' 

 Ir. A'hdt male with breast, sides, and flanks rich dark'green. 



Length about 24.00-27.00, wing 9.C0, tail IC.OO. Adult female very similar 

 to same sex of P. colchicus and P. torquatus, but tail more numerously 

 barred and with more reddish or purplish ground-color; length about 

 20.00, wing 8.25, tail 10.50. Hob. Japan; introduced into and naturalized 

 in western Oregon. 



P. versicolor Vif.h.l. Green Pheasant.' 



a''. Adult male with neck rich chestnut, with coppery red and purplish reflections; 



sides of occiput without tufts. Adult female with tail (except four middle 



feathers) uniform chestnut, tipped with white, this immediately preceded by 



a subterminal black bar. 



Adult male: General color chestnut and rufous, glossed with copperj- red 



and purplish, the rump broadly streaked with white ; tail light rufous, 



crossed at wide intervals by broad bands of deep chestnut, each of these 



preceded by a black bar, this again by mottled whitish ; length about 



30.00, wing 9.00. tail 28.00. Female: Length about 18.00-20.00, wing 



8.25, tail 8.50. JIab. Japan ; introduced into and naturalized in western 



Oregon. 



(27.) P. scemmerringii Temm. Copper Pheasant.* 



Gents MELEAGRIS LixN.i:cs. (Page 205, pi. LXL, fig. 1.) 



Species. 



Common Cn.\R.\CTERS. — Quills slat}-, barred with white ; secondaries similar, 

 but with more v,-hite; tail brown or graj-, barred with black; plumage in general 

 more or less brilliantly metallic. Nest on ground in woods. Fggs 10-18, or more, 

 light bufFj-, thicklj- (but sometimes indistinctly) speckled or sprinkled with brown. 



a\ Tail and its coverts tipped with chestnut, rust}-, or whitish ; ground-color of 

 tail brown ; feathers of lower back, rump, and lower parts metallic, tipped 

 narrowly with velvety black; greater wing-coverts dull copper-color, tipped 

 with velvety black. Adult males with a conspicuous beard-like tuft of stiff 



J Ph<u!nmt» colcMcnn LiN>J., S. N. ed. 10, 1758, 153. 



« Phnninmu torqnntnt Gmel., S. N. i. 17S8, 742. 



• Phnsiamit vemicolor ViEiLL., Gal. Ois. ii. 18.34, 2.3, pi. 205. 



« Pkatinmia tammerrimjii Temm., PI. Cul. v. 1S3«, 82 livr. pis. •187, -188. 



