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GALLING. 



376. PHASIANUS VERSICOLOR. 



(JAPANESE GREEN PHEASANT.) 

 Phasianus versicolor, Vieillot, La Galerie des Oiseaux, ii. p. 23, pi. 205 (1829). 



The Japanese Green Pheasant has the breast, belly, and flanks 

 metallic green. 



Figures : Gould, Birds of Asia, vii, pi. 40 ; Temminck, Planches 

 Colorizes, no. 486 (male), no. 493 (female). 



The Japanese Green Pheasant is peculiar to Japan, but its range 

 does not extend into Yezzo. There are examples in the Paris 

 Museum procured by I'Abbe Fauire near Aomori, in the north of 

 Hondo, but it is not known to occur north of the Tsugaru Straits. 

 There are a pair in the Swinhoe collection from Tokio (Swinhoe, 

 Ibis, 1875, p. 452), and a fine series in the Pryer collection from 

 the same district. The latter includes many hybrids between the 

 Japanese Green Pheasant and the Chinese Ring-necked Pheasant 

 (Blakiston and Pryer, Ibis, 1878, p. 226) . A very interesting account 

 o£ the habits of this Pheasant is to be found iu the narrative of the 

 Perry Expedition (Cassin, Exp. Am. Squad. China Seas and Japan, 

 ii. p. 223). It is written by Mr. Heine, the artist of the expedition, 

 who met with the birds at Simoda in the province of Idsu. Eggs in 

 the Pryer collection resemble dark olive varieties of those of the 

 Common Pheasant. 



377. PHASIANUS SffiMMERINGI. 

 (COPPER PHEASANT.) 



Phasianus scemmeringii, Temminck, Planches Colorizes, no. 487 (male), no. 488 

 (female) (1830). 



The Copper Pheasant is almost entirely coloured crimson and 

 gold. 



Figures : Gould, Birds of Asia, vii. pi. 37. 



The Copper Pheasant is peculiar to Japan. I have several ex- 

 amples from Nagasaki, for which I am indebted to the kindness of 

 Mr. Riuger. The examples procured by the Siebold Expedition were 

 also presumably obtained near Nagasaki (Temminck and Schlegel, 

 Fauna Japonica, Aves, p. 104) . It does not occur in Yezzo (Blakiston 



