_Parasites._--Cram (1927:238, 328) found the round worms (Nematoda), _Dispharnyx nasuta_ and _Oxyspirura mansoni_ in birds from Guam. Bequaert (1939:81 and 1941:266) found the fly (Hippoboscidae) _Ornithoctona plicata_, on fowl from Kusaie. Wharton and Hardcastle (1946:294, 310) obtained the chiggers (Acarina), _Neoschöngastia yeomansi_ and _N. ewingi_ from fowl at Ulithi and Garakayo. _Remarks._--The Red Jungle Fowl has been introduced in Micronesia, as it has been in other parts of Oceania. It is found on many of the islands of Micronesia, including the volcanic islands and the atolls. The NAMRU2 party did not find feral fowl at Guam but found the wary birds at Ulithi and in the Palaus. The birds at Ulithi were small and of a mixed breed. At Palau some fine examples of typical jungle fowl were observed. Coultas obtained similar specimens at Ponapé and Kusaie. The natives have apparently allowed these birds to go wild, but catch them for food. These wild stocks may represent the earlier "liberations" while domestic fowl kept by natives at present appear to include several other breeds probably obtained from Europeans. The committee that prepared the Hand-list of Japanese Birds (Hachisuka _et al._, 1942:222) points out that although many ornithologists believe the Red Jungle Fowl to be introduced in Micronesia and other parts of Oceania, it is their opinion (based on a series of more than 100 skins before them) that the population in Micronesia is racially distinct. They further comment, as did Hachisuka (1939b:600), that one may find hybrids between these birds and the domestic fowl belonging to the native peoples; this is commonly seen on the more populated islands such as Koror and Saipan. I have no doubt that these skins show distinct features; nevertheless, I am reluctant to recognize these by subspecific name, since the birds may be a mixture of domestic strains introduced by man at different times after the jungle fowl was first brought by the early Micronesians. It seems that the production of hybrids between the feral and domestic fowl, which we find there today, may have been going on ever since the European colonists arrived with their fancy breeds of chickens. =Phasianus colchicus= Linnaeus Ring-necked Pheasant _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).