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  LVI 
  

  

  FORMOSAN 
  RING-NECKED 
  PHEASANT 
  

   Phasianus 
  colchicus 
  formosanus 
  Elliot 
  

  

  As 
  the 
  island 
  of 
  Formosa 
  is 
  over 
  one 
  hundred 
  miles 
  from 
  shore, 
  and 
  as 
  this 
  pheasant 
  differs 
  from 
  

   those 
  on 
  the 
  neighbouring 
  mainland 
  only 
  by 
  the 
  usually 
  paler 
  plumage, 
  it 
  is 
  probable 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  more 
  

   or 
  less 
  of 
  a 
  recent 
  introduction. 
  The 
  cocks 
  show 
  considerable 
  variation 
  among 
  themselves 
  and 
  the 
  

   females 
  are 
  quite 
  indistinguishable 
  from 
  the 
  birds 
  of 
  the 
  eastern 
  Chinese 
  Provinces. 
  

  

  