The ornithologist continued searching, but he was beaten to the punch by a Japanese, who caught one of the birds at Mount T'a near Ali Mountain. The Japanese sent it as a gift to his emperor, naming it the mikado pheasant.
他繼續尋找，誰知卻被日本人拔得頭籌。第一隻「活」的帝雉在阿里山區塔山附近被捕獲，日人把它獻給天皇，並取名「帝雉」。