"pljeasant Jf^rming 



THE waste of natural resources has been the great American 

 specialty, but the problem of providing a normal supply of 

 game, and to keep pace with a million or two additional inhabitants 

 each year, is being solved by the proper expenditure of large funds 

 derived from the hunters' license system now in force in many states 

 throughout the country. China and English Ring-neck pheasants are 

 now on the game list of all but nine states of the Union, and all the 

 Canadian provinces, excepting Quebec, Prince Edward Island, and 

 those in the extreme North. There were imported for breeding 

 purposes from England in 1907 nearly 5,000 pheasants, or, to be 

 exact, 4,966. This means that all the pheasants raised in captivi|y 

 in this country found a ready sale. 



There are many varieties of pheasants, but for practical purposes 

 they may be divided into two general classes, (1) those used as a 

 game, and (2) those used exclusively for show and ornament ition. 

 In the first class there are three principal varieties: the Chinese, 

 English Ring-neck, and Common or English Black-neck. Other vari- 

 eties closely allied to these are the Japanese, Mongolian, Reeves, 

 Ilagenbeck, Prince of Wales, Soemmerring's ; but the three kinds first 

 named are by far the most prominent game varieties. The latter 

 named pheasants are reared for their 

 beautiful plumage, the Japanese and 

 Reeves being the most common. The 

 Mongolian comes from the interior of \,r^ 

 China, and there are perhaps not a dozen ~y'^-^'i 

 true Mongolian pheasants in America. ^.^ 

 All of the pheasants above named are ""^ 

 true pheasants, of which the generica ^ 

 scientific name is Phasiamts. The Golden. 

 Amherst and Silver are called pheasants, 



Reeves Pheasant 



Amherst Pheasant 



