124 UPLAND GAME BIRDS 



As might be expected, this bird and its relatives often 

 constitute an important source of food for the Indians and 

 Eskimos of the arctic regions. 



Unfortunately, in every mining district of the far North- 

 west the Ptarmigan is relentlessly pursued as food for the 

 camps. A photograph taken in 1913 at (or near) White 

 Horse, Yukon, shows a solid wall of Ptarmigan which was 

 said to contain about 3,000 birds. 



THE PHEASANT FAMILY 



Phasianidae 



THE PHEASANT FAMILY was originally represented on this 

 continent only by the wild turkeys; but during recent years 

 certain foreign species have been successfully introduced, and 

 are now becoming so numerous as to require notice. 



THE RING-NECKED PHEASANT 1 has been introduced from 

 China, and acclimatized in Washington, Oregon, California, 

 British Columbia and elsewhere with pronounced success. 

 In many localities it has become so abundant that now it is 

 shot by sportsmen as upland game birds once were killed in 

 New York state. From Portland, Oregon, to Vancouver the 

 taxidermists are annually called upon to mount scores of. 

 these birds, because they are so beautiful that many of the 

 sportsmen who shoot them cannot consent to see their skins 

 destroyed. 



Following the examples of the Pacific states, New York, 

 Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and several other 

 states both east and west have entered seriously upon the 



1 Phas-i-an'us tor-quat'us. 



