206 NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



Europe in general, except colder portions; introduced into (and 

 naturalized in?) eastern United States. (Introduced into Europe 

 from western Asia.) 



P. colchicus Linn. Pheasant. 1 



c s . Adult male with white cellar round neck, much narrower (sometimes 



interrupted) before and behind; otherwise closely resembling P. 



colchicus. Sab. China. (Introduced into and partially naturalized 



in western Oregon ?) 



•P. torquatus Q-MEL. Ring-necked Pheasant. 2 

 6 2 . Adult male with breast, sides, and flanks rich dark green. 



Length about 24.00-27.00, wing 9.60, tail 16.00. Adult female very similar 

 to same sex of P. colchicus and P. torquatus, but tail more numerously 

 barred and with more reddish or purplish ground-color; length about 

 20.00, wing 8.25, tail 10.50. Sab. Japan ; introduced into and naturalized 

 in western Oregon. 



P. versicolor Vibill. Green Pheasant. 3 



a 2 . Adult. male with neck rich chestnut, with coppery red and purplish reflections; 



sides of occiput without tufts. Adult female with tail (except four middle 



feathers) uniform chestnut, tipped with white, this immediately preceded by 



a subterminal black bar. 



Adult male : General color chestnut and rufous, glossed with coppery red 



and purplish, the rump broadly streaked with white; tail light rufous, 



crossed at wide intervals by broad bands of deep chestnut, each of these 



preceded by a black bar, this again by mottled whitish ; length about 



36.00, wing 9.00, tail 28.00. Female: Length about 18.00-20.00, wing 



8.25, tail 8.50. Sab. Japan ; introduced into and naturalized in western 



Oregon. 



P. soemmerringii Temm. Copper Pheasant. 4 



Genus MELEAGRIS Linn^etts. (Page 205, pi. LXL, fig. 1.) 



Species. 



Common Characters. — Quills slaty, barred with white ; secondaries similar, 

 but with more white ; tail brown or gray, barred with black ; plumage in general 

 more or less brilliantly metallic. Nest on ground in woods. Eggs 10-18, or more, 

 light buffy, thickly (but sometimes indistinctly) speckled or sprinkled with brown. 



a 1 . Tail and its coverts tipped with chestnut, rusty, or whitish; ground-color of 

 tail brown ; feathers of lower back, rump, and lower parts metallic, tipped 

 narrowly with velvety black ; greater wing-coverts dull copper-color, tipped 

 with velvety black. Adult males with a conspicuous beard-like tuft of stiff 



1 Phasianua colchicus Linn., S. N. ed. 10, 1758, 158. 



2 Phaaianus torquatus Gmel., S. N. i. 1788, 742. 



8 Phaaianus veraicolor VraiLL., Gal. Ois. ii. 1834, 23, pi. 205. 



* Phasianua aoemmerringii Temm,, PI. Col. v. 1838, 82 livr. pis. 487, 488. 



