PLATE LVI 



FORMOSAN RING-NECKED PHEASANT 



Phasianus colchicus formosanus Elliot 



As the island of Formosa Is over one hundred miles from shore, and as this pheasant differs from 

 those on the neighbouring mainland only by the usually paler plumage, it is probable that it Is more 

 or less of a recent introduction. The cocks show considerable variation among themselves and the 

 females are quite Indistinguishable from the birds of the eastern Chinese Provinces. 



