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KEY TO ADULT MALE PHASIANUS. 
1. Neck metallic greenish or bluish. 
2. Breast coppery chestnut. torquatus, p. 135. 
2'. Breast dark green. versicolor, p. 135. 
Y. Neck chestnut, with coppery and purple reflections. 
scemmerringii, p. 135. 
Phasianus torquatus Gmel. Ring-necked Pheasant. 
Adult male. — Neck metallic greenish or bluish, back of head tufted; 
breast rich coppery chestnut, with metallic purple and coppery reflections ; 
neck wholly or partly encircled by white collar. Adult female: tail 
brown, barred with black and white. Male : length feet, wing 9.50- 
10.50, tail 17.50-20.00. Female : length 20-24, wing 8.50, tail 11-12. 
Distribution. — Southern Siberia, Corea, and northeastern China. Intro¬ 
duced into twenty-five states. 
Phasianus versicolor Vieill. Green Pheasant. 
Adult male. — Neck metallic green or blue, back of head tufted ; breast, 
sides, and flanks dark green. Adult female : tail barred over reddish or 
purplish ground. Male: length 24-27, wing 9.60, tail 16. Female : 
length 20, wing 8.25, tail 10.50. 
Distribution. — Japan, except Yezo. Introduced, but apparently with 
little success, in western Oregon. 
Phasianus scnmmerringii Temm. Copter Pheasant. 
Adult male. — Chestnut and rufous, glossed with coppery red and pur¬ 
plish ; rump broadly streaked with white, tail broadly banded. Adult 
female: tail, except four middle feathers, brown, with subterminal black 
bar and white tip. Male: length 36, wing 9, tail 28. Female : length 
18-20, wing 8.25, tail 8.50. 
Distribution. — Niphon and Kuisui, Japan. Introduced, but without 
apparent success, in western Oregon. 
GENUS CHRYSOLOPHUS. 
General Characters. — Head crested, neck with conspicuous erectile ruff. 
Chrysolophus pictus. Golden Pheasant. 
Adult male. — Ruff or cape golden orange, barred with black ; entire 
under parts, except chin and throat, bright red; tail brown, barred, and 
reticulated with black. Adult female : upper parts mottled brown, heavily 
barred with dusky on top and back of head, wings, neck, chest, sides, and 
flanks ; rest of under parts plain light huff. Male: length 40, wing 7.70, 
tail 27. Female : length 24, wing 7, tail 14. 
Distribution. — Mountains of southern China. Introduced in western 
Oregon, and Protection Island, Washington, and recently in New Mexico. 
GENUS GENN./EUS. 
Gennffius nycthemerus Linn. Silver Pheasant. 
Adult male. — Crest and under parts glossy blue black ; face, legs, and 
feet bright red; rest of upper parts pure white, marked with V-shaped 
pencilings of black. Adult female : brown, under parts with paler shaft 
streaks, posterior parts and thighs irregularly mottled with zigzag lines of 
dusky; tail, except middle feathers, irregularly barred with black and 
