DISTRIBUTION. 



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The late Professor H. H. G-iglioii, writing of Corsica, 

 remarked : " I was repeatedly assured of the presence in the 

 island, among the hills of Aleria on the eastern coast, of the 

 pheasant Phasianus colchicus in a perfectly wild condition. I 

 see that Mr. Jesse reports the same thing. . . I am 

 still making inquiries on the subject ; but, as far as I can see, 

 no record of its introduction by man is forthcoming." (Ibis, 

 April, 1881.) 



COCK PHEASANT DISPLAYING ITS PLUMAGE. 



