Male 
P, v. robustipes - "Differs from versicolor in its lighter colour; 
crown greyish bronzy green with often ill-defined grey or white eye- 
brows; mantle more bronzy; back and rump bluish grey with an olive tinge 
on the lower part and middle; under parts slightly greener, less bluish. 
Smaller: wing: 215-225 mn." 
P. v. versicolor - "Crown dark green; general colour dark, the 
lower back and rump mostly green; under parts bluish green. Rather 
large: wing: 225-243 mn." 
Female 
P, v. robustipes - "Lighter, with less green reflections on the 
mantle," 
P, v. versicolor - "Dark,with a great deal of metallic green on 
the mantle, Wing: 200-213 mom," 
According to Delacour's general comment about P. versicolor: ‘''The 
female is more strongly mottled than that of colchicus; the dark part 
of the feathers of the mantle is black and extends right up to the 
narrow, pale brown border, and it has a green sheen near the tip; the 
under parts are more vermiculated and blotched than in any other form 
of True Pheasants." 
Size and Weight 
Generally, birds of the green pheasant group are slightly smaller 
in body size than are ring-necked pheasants, Available records show 
the male green pheasants as averaging 2 lbs. to 2 lbs. 8 oz., while 
females range from 1 1b. 12 oz. to 2 lbs. By comparison, our wild ring- 
necked pheasants in the United States range from 2 lbs, 12 oz. to 3 lbs. 
for male birds with females averaging 2 lbs. to 2 lbs, 12 oz, in weight. 
Habitat and Cover Preferences 
Northern green pheasants occupy the greater portion of Honshu and 
also inhabit Sado and Shikoku islands. Their altitudinal ranges extend 
from the seashores into the higher plateaus and mountains up to approxi- 
mately 3,500 feet elevation. Green pheasants are nonmigratory. 
On all of the islands of Japan, except Hokkaido, the green pheasant 
may be found living in sparse woods or brushland adjacent to cultivated 
upland fields. It also inhabits grassy areas near or adjacent to 
rivers and cultivated land, in low hilly land along the coast, and on 
island mountains where brush and tree species provide cover and food. 
