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4. PHASIANUS ERYTHROPHTHALMl/8. 



M i r \ Mat a. cl?L *jX« 



This species is as large as a common fowl. The plumage is 

 black, with a blue and green gloss ; on the back and wings it 

 is finely undulated with white or grey. The wing-feathers are 

 brown. The feathers of the tail, disposed as usual in two 

 inclined planes, are of a bright rufous or ferruginous colour. 

 The tail-coverts are tinged with purple or violet. The naked 

 space on the cheeks is of a bright red. There arc do u attics 

 or crest. The bill is blackish and strong: legs blueish, and 

 armed with strong spurs. 



The female differs from the male in being entirel) of a iteel- 

 black, without white undulations or rufous tail, hi the jroung 

 ones also the tail is black. 



5. PHASIANUS kuius. 

 Bub o n g T r a u . t-y &qi 



This, which does not appear to hare been hitherto described, is 



larger than a common Cock, being about twenty inches in 



length. The plumage above is of a deep ferruginous colour, 



finely mottled with black. The feathers of the breast are also 



ferruginous, but each has a black band, and is edged with 



white, while those of the abdomen are principally white and 



dusky. The chin is nearly white. On the head is a crest, 



which lies backward, but can be elevated in some degree. 



The naked space on the cheeks is blue. The irids are red. 



The tail is not long, and is similar in colour to the back. 



The legs are sometimes reddish, sometimes blueish, and are 



unarmed, there being only a small tubercle in place of a spur. 



The female differs but little from the male. 



TETRAO. 



