Autumn Food Composition of the Silver Pheasant and White-necked Long-tailed Pheasant in Nianzhu Forest Farm Daganshan,Jiangxi Province

The crop and stomach contents of 5 silver pheasants(Lophura nycthemera fokiensis)and 3 white-necked long-tailed pheasants(Syrmaticus ellioti)were anaivsed in Nianzhu Forest Farm, Daganshan,Jiangxi Province in Nov. 1992 and Oct.1993. 25 species belonging to 17 families of plants were found, in which the majorty plants pecies belong to Fagaceae and Lauraceae(each includes 4 species),Gramineae the next(3 species).Piant is the most important component in the food composition computed in fresh or dry weight.According to the iniportant value of their food components,the most important food species for the white-necked long-taiied pheasant are arthropod,the seeds Cyclobalanopsis glauca and Creastanopsis scleropylla,the leaves of Disporopsis fuscopicta,for the silver pheasant are the seeds of C. sclerophylla, Loropetalum chinense,Adinandera melIettii,Randia cochinchiyiensis, Lophatherum gracile,the leaves of Rosa henryi and the insect of Ceracris kiangsu.