Acknowledgments 



IN THE preparation of the manuscript for this work the writer is indebted to Mrs. 

 O. N. Denny and Mrs. B. O. Scott for many facts relating to the importation of these 

 pheasants. In making the illustrations much valuable assistance was rendered by 

 Mr. B. L. Cunningham. The tinting of the frontispiece was done by Mr. Katso Morita, 

 Japanese artist. Many of the specimens from which the illustrations were made were 

 furnished by Messrs. 'Gene M. Simpson, A. R. Woodcock, H. L. French, F. L. Smith, 

 and Rev. E. F. Green, to whom the writer is grateful. 



The writer is also indebted to the works of Dr. Robert Ridgway and Mrs. Florence 

 Merriam Bailey, for information relating to the geographical distribution of the native 

 birds treated in the text. 



The illustrations are entirely original, those of the birds being made from specimens 

 mounted and photographed by the writer. 



W. T. S. 



State College of Washington, 



Pullman, February 10, 1908. 



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