PLATE LX 



GREEN JAPANESE PHEASANT 



Phasianus versicolor VIeillot 



This is the second full species of its genus, found only in Japan, and showing remarkable little variation. 

 As it prefers lowlands to the slopes of mountains, it is seldom found far away from the coast, and it chooses 

 to visit the gardens of the farms rather frequently. 



The last view I had of Kiji in their native home was on a perfect day in Kagoshima. I was returning 

 from a long day's tramp after Ijima's Copper Pheasants, when for a few minutes a splendid cock Green 

 Pheasant stood outlined at the summit of a gentle rise. The setting was : the deep blue waters of the 

 bay, the pale blue of the sky, the clear green of graceful, aged pines, while over all towered the majestic, 

 purpled cone of Sakuragima. 



