ANSERIFORMES 117 



Elliot's Pheasant {Phasianus ellioti) 

 The Wellington Society received three birds in 1895, and sent 

 them to Mr Knowlton of Grey town. In 1897 four more were im- 

 ported, but there is no further record of them. 



Reeves's Pheasant {Phasianus reevesii) 

 In 1 897 the Wellington Society, in conjunction with other societies, 

 introduced nine birds, but it is not stated what was done with them. 

 About 1899 the Wanganui Society imported several specimens of 

 this species (this may indeed be the same as the previous record), and 

 all but two, which had broken wings, were liberated up the Wanganui 

 River. Apparently they disappeared without being recorded again. 

 Of the pair kept in confinement by Mr S. H. Drew of the Wanganui 

 Museum, the male moped after a time and died. Dr Connolly, who 

 examined the body, stated the death was due to tuberculosis. The 

 bird was then sent to Dr J. A. Gilruth, Chief Government Veteri- 

 narian, who reported : " the disease affecting this animal is tuberculosis 

 in a most advanced stage, almost every organ being implicated. The 

 nodules in the liver and lungs, when examined microscopically, are 

 found to be filled with masses of the characteristic bacillus." 



Silver Pheasant (Gennceus nycthemerus) 



According to Taylor, 1868, silver pheasants were liberated by the 

 Hon. Henry Walton in the neighbourhood of Whangarei. 



The Auckland Society received two from Mr D. B. Cruickshank 

 in 1870, and they were reported as breeding well in 1874. 



The Otago Society had four shipped from Hongkong in 1871, 

 but only one cock arrived in Dunedin. In 1905 there were two in 

 the Society's aviary at Opoho. 



The Canterbury Society introduced some in 1871 and had four 

 in their gardens in 1880. 



Like the golden pheasant, this species has only been treated as a 

 bird for the aviary, and there is no record of their liberation. 



Jungle Pheasant (species ?) 

 I do not know what bird is referred to under this name. The 

 Otago Society had four at Opoho in 1907, with no record as to where 

 they came from. In 1910 there was one at Opoho, and one at Clinton. 

 They are not mentioned in any later reports. 



Temminck's Tragopan {Ceriornis temmincki) 

 The Auckland Society received a pair from the Zoological Society 

 of London in 1871. One poult was produced in 1874, ^^^ there the 

 record ends. 



