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Figure 4, Northern green pheasant habitat in northern 
Honshu, Iwate Prefecture. Both northern green 
and copper pheasants were present when there 
was about one foot of snow on the ground. 
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Figure 5. In interior central Honshu, Saitama Prefecture, 
green pheasants prefer the association of brushy, 
sparse forest areas adjacent to dry farming land. 
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