NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



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1.48.* According to Major Bendire's observations he considers the number of eggs 

 laid by this species as usually varying from seven to nine, and he considers eight 

 a fair average number. 



* * Pheasant, or Engusb Pheasant, Phasianus colcichus 



** PHEASANT, i-haswiius colchiciis Linn. Geog. Dist. — Europe in general; 

 introduced into and naturalized in (?) Eastern United States. 



This species resembles very much the Ring-necked Pheasant. The male has no 

 white ring about the neck, which is one of the chief differences. It is generally called 

 English Pheasant, for it is very common In England and throughout Europe in 

 general, except the colder portions. It was introduced into Europe from Western 

 Asia. ' Its general habits are similar to those of the Ring-necked Pheasant, and 

 with regard to the nesting and eggs they are substantially the same. Mr. Adams in 

 his "Nests and Eggs of Familiar Birds" states that in England the eggs are laid 

 in April or May and the number of eggs deposited varies from six to fourteen; but 

 as many as twenty have been found in a. nest. A set of seventeen eggs collected 

 Miay 12, 1893, in Herefordshire, England, in size has an average measurement of 

 1.80x1.40. 



* * RING-lirECKED PHEASANT. Phasianus torquatus Gmel. Geog. Dist.— 

 China. Introduced into the United States. Common in Oregon; southward Into 

 California; eastward into Idaho. Introduced in other sections. 



• Young Oolosist, Vol. I, pp. 76-77. 



