Specific foods taken during two seasons of the year were also 
indicated by Dr. Mori. In spring, he reported kidney beans (Phaseolus 
vulgaria); beans (Phaseolus spp.); barley (Hordeum sp.); witchgrass 
(Panicum spp.) and knotweed (Polygonum nodosuni), were eaten. During 
the winter, oak (Quercus spp.); chestnut (Castanea pubinerois); squill 
(Scilla japonica); onion (Allium sacculiferum); Atractylis ovata; knot- 
weed (Polygonum polymorphum); sweatleaf (Symplocos crataegoides) and 
soybean (Glycine soja) were consumed. 
Field collections, by C. M. Fennell of eight South Korean ring- 
necked pheasants between 1948 and 1962 disclosed October~to-February 
foods ranging from rice and beans to unidentified small and large seeds. 
An adult male collected in May 1953 had eaten heads of green and ripening 
barley. 
The crop contents of one male pheasant, collected near Seoul in 
October, were identified by Dr. Toyosu Wada of Kochi University as 
follows; 
Plants Common Name Items eaten 
Vitaceae grape family 82 seeds 
Fagaceae oak family 1 seed 
Dioscorea japonica yan 46 corms 
Smilax nipponica greenbrier 36 seeds 
Cocculus trilobus Japanese snailseed 27 seeds 
Achryanthes japonica iresine 16 seeds 
Elaeagnus umbellata autumn elaeagnus 5 seeds 
Water requirements are similar to those of the ringneck in the 
United States. Utilized for moisture and food during various seasons 
of the year are green leafy vegetation, berries, insects, dew from plant 
surfaces, and open water, where available. With usually adequate rain- 
fall occurring during the chick-rearing period, young birds find ample 
water for their daily needs. 
General Habits 
Movements and Mobility 
The South Korean ring-necked pheasant, like the green pheasant, is 
nonmigratory. Only in the northern ranges where heavy snowfall occurs 
is there movement, mainly to lower elevations. 
During the day the male birds inhabit hills sparsely covered with 
small pines while females are often found in thickly grassed fields. 
Early in the morning both sexes come to available cultivated fields for 
feeding and drinking, then move back to the sunny exposed hillsides. 
(a) Field notes of C. M. Fennell in reference to eight skins deposited 
with MVZ, University of California. 
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