42 PHEASANTS FOB COVERTS AND AVIARIES. 



Alessioj iu Albania, where it is, or was, by no means nncommon 

 in the low-lying forest country near the month of the river 

 Drin ; it is also to be found in considerable numbers near 

 Salonica and in certain other localities in European Turkey. 

 But the best authorities seem to agree that the true home and 

 headquarters of the species are the shores of the Caspian, the 

 valleys of the Caucasus, and Northern Asia Minor. Very 

 closely allied forms, however, are to be met with from the 

 Caspian, through Asia, to the shores and islands of China." 



Professor H. H, Giglioli, writing of Corsica, states : " 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.'^ {Ihis, April, 1881.) 



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COCK PHEASANT DISPLAYING ITS PLUMAGE. 



