2 PHEASANTS 



whom they are better acquainted with by 

 field and covert than in museum and 

 cabinet. Still without entering into the 

 niceties of specific and subspecific rank 

 pitfalls for the unwary which abound 

 when dealing with the family of pheasants 

 it would not seem amiss in a work 

 professedly beneath the notice of the 

 scientist to marshal the various kinds 

 of pheasants which fall to be considered 

 in their relations to sport, in a more or 

 less orderly array, which may not lack 

 interest for those who may only know 

 them as charges committed to their care 

 on the rear ing-field. 



If we adopt the classification of the 

 learned Dr. Gadow, we may come to our 

 pheasants as follows : 



DIVISION NEORNITHES CARINATAE 



(comprising all existing forms of bird life except 

 the Ratites or flightless birds). 



ORDER GALLIFORMES 



(Members of this order are distinguished by a 

 globular crop, muscular gizzard, and short round 



