COLUMBIAN SHARP-TAILED GROUSE. 
308a. Pedicecetes phasianellus columbianus. 18 inches. 
These have no pinnates or ruffs on the neck, but the head 
is a little more crested than that of the Prairie Hen. The tail 
has the central feathers nearly two inches longer than the 
others, which are also graduated so that the outside ones are 
much the shortest, and are lighter in color than the central 
ones. It is not barred like the former, but the black markings 
on the back and under parts are more in the form of crescents. 
It is also much lighter in general color. 
Nest. —They are usually concealed in thickets or tufts of 
grass and contain from six to fourteen eggs of a drab color, 
finely dotted all over with dark brown (1.70 x 1.25). 
Range.-—Northwestern United States and British Columbia 
to central Alaska. 
RING-NECKED PHEASANT. 
*** Phasianus torquatus. 32 inches. 
The male of this beautiful Pheasant varies greatly in length 
according to the development of the tail, it sometimes being 
36 inches long. These birds have been introduced in Oregon 
and Washington, as well as in many places in the East, and are 
becoming very abundant. 
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