RING-NECKED PHEASANT. 



***. Phasianus torquatus. 36 in. 



Male with green head, bare red face, white 

 ring about neck and body plumage of brown, 

 rich buff, greenish-gray and black. Tail very 

 long. Female brownish-buff, spotted with 

 black. 



Nest. On the ground. Eggs drab color. 



Range. Introduced and flourishing in 

 many eastern states, particularly in New 

 England. Also abundant in Wash, and Ore. 

 Family CRACID^E. 



CHACHALACA. 

 311. Ortalis veiula mccalli. 21 in. 



Bare chin and sides of head orange. Head 

 slightly crested. Tail long and very broad. 

 Above olive-brown, below gray and buff. 



Note. Loud, clacking cha-cha-lac, 



Nset. Frail, of sticks in bushes. Four or 

 white eggs with rough surface. 



Range. Lower Rio Grande Valley in south- 

 ern Tex., south through Mexico. 

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