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  KWEICHOW 
  PHEASANT 
  

  

  Phasianus 
  colchicus 
  decollatus 
  Swinhoe 
  

  

  Occurring 
  as 
  far 
  south 
  as 
  Tongking, 
  this 
  pheasant 
  ranges 
  higher 
  than 
  the 
  more 
  northern 
  forms, 
  

   and 
  has 
  been 
  observed 
  at 
  an 
  elevation 
  of 
  nine 
  thousand 
  feet. 
  It 
  seems 
  to 
  prefer 
  bushy 
  slopes 
  to 
  the 
  

   dense 
  forest. 
  It 
  differs 
  from 
  the 
  pheasants 
  to 
  the 
  east 
  and 
  north 
  chiefly 
  by 
  the 
  lack 
  of 
  a 
  white 
  collar, 
  

   although 
  traces 
  of 
  this 
  are 
  sometimes 
  present. 
  

  

  