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PHEASANT RAISING IN THE UNITED STATES. 
The English ringneck pheasant (Phasianus colchicus X torquatus), 
a hybrid between the English and ringneck pheasants, has been 
Fig. 2.— Ringneck pheasant (Phasianus torquatus). (From photograph of specimen in the U. S. National 
Museum mounted by Nelson R. Wood.) 
brought from Europe in large numbers. It is generally correctly 
named, but is sometimes designated as English pheasant, ringneck 
Fig. 3.—English pheasant (Phasianus colchicus). (From photograph of specimen in the U. S. National 
Museum mounted by Harry Denslow.) 
pheasant, and even Mongolian pheasant. It often has more or less 
ol the blood of the versicolor pheasant of Japan (Pliasianus 
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versi- 
