_Phasianus colchicus_ Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 1, 1758, p.
158. (Type locality, Africa, Asia = Rion.)
_Phasianus torquatus_ Baker, Smithson. Misc. Coll., vol. 107, no.
15, 1948, p. 47 (Guam).
_Geographic range._--Eastern China and northeastern Tonkin. Widely
introduced into North America, Europe, and New Zealand. In
Micronesia: Mariana Islands--Guam (introduced).
_Remarks._--On July 4, 1945, fifty-seven Ring-necked Pheasants (sixteen
cocks and forty-one hens) were liberated at Guam by personnel of the U.
S. Navy. The birds were eleven weeks old when released, having been
brought by plane from the hatcheries of the State Division of Game and
Fish in California. Twenty-four birds were liberated at the site of
CincPoa headquarters near Mt. Tenjo. Thirty-three were placed near the
FEA dairy farm, approximately one and one-fourth miles west of Price
School. One month after release the birds were present at the liberation
sites, although there were reports that some had drifted as far away as
a mile or more. The birds were not banded. This liberation has been
reported on by Quinn (1946:32-33) and by the author (1946b:211 and
1948:47). In using the name _P. colchicus_, I am following Delacour (in
McAtee, 1945:8) and the twenty-third supplement to the American
Ornithologists' Union check-list of North American birds (Auk, 65,
1948:440).
=Rallus philippensis pelewensis= (Mayr)