The ‘pheasant of the future’: Encountering and imagining Reeves’ pheasant in Britain, 1831 – 1913

Author:

Carter MatthewORCID

Abstract

Abstract This paper examines the presence of Reeves’ pheasant (Syrmaticus reevesii) in Britain. It investigates how encounters between British people and Reeves’ pheasant informed their imaginings of the species, from its first introduction into Britain from China in 1831 to 1913 when a serious decline in its numbers began. Drawing on natural history texts, records from the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, technical literature on pheasant rearing, and extracts from periodicals, magazines, and generalist encyclopaedias, this paper shows how imagined and physical encounters with Reeves’ pheasant, by naturalists, acclimatisers, pheasant enthusiasts, and sportsmen, informed shifting constructions of the species, which influenced and shaped its presence in Britain.

Publisher

Cambridge University Press (CUP)

Subject

Urban Studies,Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous),History,Geography, Planning and Development

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