﻿COREAN 
  PHEASANT 
  119 
  

  

  high-pitched 
  and 
  capable 
  of 
  carrying 
  a 
  long 
  distance. 
  In 
  the 
  early 
  morning 
  the 
  birds 
  

   crowed 
  continually 
  at 
  regular 
  intervals. 
  When 
  hunting 
  them 
  I 
  always 
  tried 
  to 
  locate 
  

   the 
  sound, 
  but 
  when 
  I 
  approached 
  within 
  a 
  hundred 
  yards 
  of 
  any 
  particular 
  bird, 
  it 
  

   usually 
  stopped 
  crowing. 
  The 
  sound 
  carries 
  to 
  such 
  a 
  distance 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  rather 
  difficult 
  

   to 
  locate 
  the 
  bird 
  exactly, 
  but 
  if 
  I 
  managed 
  to 
  flush 
  him, 
  the 
  cock 
  would 
  start 
  up 
  with 
  a 
  

   loud, 
  rapidly 
  repeated 
  cackle. 
  This 
  was 
  only 
  uttered, 
  however, 
  when 
  first 
  starting 
  from 
  

   the 
  ground, 
  and 
  after 
  flying 
  a 
  hundred 
  yards 
  or 
  so 
  the 
  bird 
  generally 
  was 
  quiet. 
  The 
  

   effect 
  of 
  this 
  noise 
  and 
  the 
  whirr 
  of 
  wings 
  as 
  the 
  great 
  bird 
  came 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  grass 
  

   was 
  decidedly 
  disturbing. 
  This 
  cackle 
  when 
  flushed, 
  and 
  the 
  crow 
  given 
  in 
  the 
  morning, 
  

   were 
  the 
  only 
  two 
  notes 
  that 
  I 
  heard 
  from 
  these 
  northern 
  pheasants. 
  The 
  birds 
  always 
  

   crow 
  more 
  continuously 
  in 
  the 
  morning 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  evening. 
  

  

  " 
  I 
  never 
  found 
  them 
  roosting 
  in 
  the 
  trees 
  in 
  northern 
  Corea, 
  but 
  frequently 
  put 
  

   them 
  up 
  from 
  the 
  ground 
  in 
  thick 
  woods, 
  although 
  their 
  general 
  haunt 
  was 
  on 
  the 
  

   edge 
  of 
  cleared 
  spaces 
  just 
  within 
  the 
  trees 
  and 
  long 
  grass. 
  I 
  never 
  heard 
  the 
  female 
  

   give 
  a 
  call 
  or 
  note. 
  As 
  in 
  the 
  case 
  with 
  the 
  pheasants 
  of 
  the 
  south, 
  the 
  birds 
  feed 
  early 
  

   in 
  the 
  morning 
  and 
  late 
  afternoon, 
  and 
  seldom 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  day. 
  Since 
  there 
  

   were 
  none 
  of 
  the 
  small 
  bush 
  fir-trees 
  and 
  a 
  great 
  deal 
  more 
  forest 
  in 
  the 
  north 
  than 
  in 
  

   the 
  south, 
  the 
  conditions 
  under 
  which 
  the 
  birds 
  were 
  living 
  were 
  quite 
  different, 
  

   nevertheless, 
  they 
  were 
  always 
  found 
  upon 
  the 
  ground, 
  and, 
  as 
  I 
  have 
  said 
  above, 
  near 
  

   the 
  cleared 
  spaces. 
  

  

  " 
  I 
  was 
  not 
  able 
  to 
  get 
  any 
  data 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  nesting 
  habits 
  of 
  this 
  bird, 
  although 
  

   I 
  promised 
  the 
  Coreans 
  a 
  yen 
  if 
  they 
  found 
  a 
  nest. 
  They 
  all 
  said 
  it 
  was 
  very 
  difficult 
  

   to 
  do 
  and 
  that 
  they 
  seldom 
  found 
  one." 
  

  

  SYNONYMY 
  

  

  Phasianus 
  torquatus 
  Taczanowski, 
  Fauna 
  Orn. 
  Sib. 
  Or. 
  in 
  Mem. 
  Ac. 
  St. 
  Petersb., 
  ser. 
  7, 
  XXXIX. 
  1893, 
  p. 
  788 
  

   (partim) 
  ; 
  Grant, 
  Cat. 
  Birds 
  Brit. 
  Mus., 
  XXII. 
  1893, 
  p. 
  331 
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  ; 
  Bianchi, 
  Mater. 
  Orn. 
  Mandchourie, 
  in 
  Ann. 
  

   Mus. 
  Zool. 
  St. 
  Petersb. 
  VII. 
  1912. 
  

  

  Phasianus 
  karpowi 
  Buturlin, 
  Orn. 
  Manat, 
  XII. 
  1904, 
  p. 
  3 
  ; 
  Buturlin, 
  Ibis, 
  1904, 
  p. 
  406. 
  

  

  Phasianus 
  colchicus 
  karpowi 
  Rothschild, 
  Bull. 
  Brit. 
  Orn. 
  Club, 
  XIV. 
  1904, 
  p. 
  37 
  ; 
  Hartert, 
  Novitates 
  Zool., 
  

   XXIV. 
  1917, 
  p. 
  452. 
  

  

  Phasianus 
  karpowi 
  buturlini 
  Clark, 
  Proc. 
  U.S. 
  Nat. 
  Mus., 
  XXXII. 
  1907, 
  p. 
  468 
  ; 
  Buturlin, 
  Ibis, 
  1908, 
  

  

  PP- 
  S79-584- 
  

  

  Phasianus 
  torquatus 
  karpowi 
  Ingram, 
  Ibis, 
  1909, 
  p. 
  461. 
  

  

  Phasianus 
  karpowi 
  karpowi 
  Clark, 
  Proc. 
  U.S. 
  Nat. 
  Mus., 
  XXXVIII. 
  191 
  1, 
  p. 
  155 
  (Korea). 
  

  

  