﻿PHOTOGRAVURE 
  50 
  

  

  THE 
  BLEAK 
  LAND 
  OF 
  CHILI, 
  NORTH-EAST 
  CHINA, 
  HOME 
  OF 
  THE 
  

   RING-NECKED 
  PHEASANT 
  

  

  Phasianus 
  cole 
  hie 
  us 
  torquatus 
  Gmelin 
  

  

  The 
  common 
  Ring-necks 
  inhabit 
  three 
  general 
  types 
  of 
  country, 
  dense 
  reed-beds 
  along 
  river 
  banks, 
  

   low 
  rolling 
  hills 
  covered 
  with 
  scrub 
  oak, 
  chestnut 
  and 
  pine, 
  or 
  dense 
  grass 
  growing 
  in 
  irregular 
  patches, 
  

   and 
  the 
  flat 
  paddy-fields. 
  

  

  Double 
  broods 
  are 
  sometimes 
  reared, 
  the 
  great 
  majority 
  of 
  the 
  chicks 
  falling 
  victims 
  to 
  rats, 
  civet 
  

   cats, 
  foxes 
  and 
  weasels. 
  

  

  