. The birds of the Japanese Empire. Birds. GALLING. 369 The Gallinse consists of three families. The PhasianidtB contains about 250 species, which are nearly cosmopolitan. The Cracidae con- tains about 50 species, which are confined to the tropical regions of. Gauuus. Deep plantar tendons of Domestic Fowl. the American continent. The Megapodida numbers about a score species, which inhabit Australia and the islands of the Malay Archi- pelago. Seven species of Phasianidae are found in Japan. 375. PHASIANUS TORQUATUS. (CHINESE RING-NECKED PHEASANT.) Phasianus torguatm, Gmelin,'Syst. Nat. i. p. 74
. The birds of the Japanese Empire. Birds. GALLING. 369 The Gallinse consists of three families. The PhasianidtB contains about 250 species, which are nearly cosmopolitan. The Cracidae con- tains about 50 species, which are confined to the tropical regions of. Gauuus. Deep plantar tendons of Domestic Fowl. the American continent. The Megapodida numbers about a score species, which inhabit Australia and the islands of the Malay Archi- pelago. Seven species of Phasianidae are found in Japan. 375. PHASIANUS TORQUATUS. (CHINESE RING-NECKED PHEASANT.) Phasianus torguatm, Gmelin,'Syst. Nat. i. p. 742 (1788). The Chinese Ring-necked Pheasant has a white ring round the neck, and the colour of the rump and upper tail-coverts is for the most part lavender-grey. Figures : Gould, Birds of Asia, vii. pi. 39. The Chinese Ring-necked Pheasant is not found on any of the main islands of Japan, but is said to be common on Tsu-sima, an island in the Straits of Corea (Blakiston and Pryer, Trans, As. Soc. Japan, 1882, p. 127). 2b. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Seebohm, Henry, 1832-1895. London, R. H. Porter
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