TRE GAME BIRDS OF INDIA. 321 



Game Birds i, p. 231(1895) ; Blanford, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds iv., p. 96 (1898) ; 

 Rothschild, Ibis (1899); p. 441; id., Bull. B. O. C. viii. p. 42 (1899) x. p. 79 (1900); 

 Fulton, J. Bomb. N, H. Soc. xvi, p. 61 (1904) (Lower Chitral) ; Walton, Ibia 



(1906) p. 247 (Chumbi Valley, S. Tibet) ; Ward, J. Bom. N. H. Soc. xvii., p. 944 



(1907) (Cashmere) ; Magrath, J. Bomb. N. H. Soc. xviii, p. 298 (1908) (Than- 

 diani,HazaraDist.); Whitehead, Ibis (1909) p. 268 (Safed Koh, 9,000 feet), 

 Finn, Avicult. Mag. (3) 1, p. 130 (1909) ; Magrath, J. Bomb. N. H. Soc. xix., 

 p. 156 (1909) (Murree) ; Perreau, J. Bomb. N. H. Soc. xix., p. 920 (1910) 

 (Chitral); Whitehead, J. Bomb. N. H. Soc. xx., p. 968 (1911) (Safed Koh); Bailey, 

 J. Bomb. N. H. Soc. xxi, pp. 178, 182 (1911) (Chumbi Valley). 



Impeyanus refulgens, Lesson Trate d'Orn. p. 488, pi. 85 (1831). 



Loplwphorus impeyanus, Gould, Cent. B. Himal., pis. 60, 61 (1832); Vigne, 

 P. Z. S., (1841), p. 6 (Cashmere and Himalayah); Hutton, J. As. Soc. Beng. xvii., 

 pt. 2, p. 695 (1848); Blyth, Cat. Mus. Asiat. Soc, p. 246 (1849) ; Gould, B. Asia 

 vii,p.53(1850);Adams,P.Z.S. (1859) p. 185 (Cashmere) ;Irby, Ibis (1861) p. 

 235(Kumaon) ; Jerdon, B. Ind. iii,p. 51 (1863) ; Tytler, Ibis (1868) pp. 191, 194, 

 203 (Simla to Mussooree);Pelxehi, Ibis (1868) p. 320 (Koteghur) ; Beavan, Ibis 

 (1868) p. 379 (Simla, add Sikkim) ; Elliot, Monog. Phasian. i, pi. 18 (1872); 

 Pelzehi, Ibis (1873) p. 120 ; Hume, Nest and Eggs, Ind. B., p. 520 (1873); Brook's 

 Str. Feath. iii., pp. 227, 256 (1875) (Mussooree and Gangootri Hills) ; Wilson, 

 Str. Feath. iv., p. 227 (1876) (Derallee) ; MarshaU, Birds Nests Ind. B., p. 59 

 (1877); Hume and Marshall, Game B. Ind. 1, p. 125, pi. (1878); Scully, Str. 

 Feath. viii., pp. 342, 368 (1879) (Nepal) ; Marshall, Str. Feath. ix., p. 203 (1880) 

 (Kurram, Afghanistan) ; Wardlaw-Ramsay, Ibis (1880), p. 70 (Safed Koh) ; Gates 

 ed. Hume's Nests and Eggs iii., p. 407 (1890) ; Ogilvie- Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. 

 xxii., p. 280 (1893): id. Hand. Game B. 1, p. 237 (1893) : Gates, Man. Game B. 

 Ind. i, p. 262 (1898) : Blanf. Faun. Brit. Ind. Birds iv., p. 97 (1898) ; Davidson, 

 Ibis (1898) p. 38 (Cashmere) ; Rothschild, Ibis (1899) p. 441 ; Rodon, J. Bomb. 

 N. H. Soc. xii, p. 573 (1899) ; Gates, Cat. Eggs Brit. Mus. i, p. 52 (1901) ; Seth- 

 Smith, Avicult. Mag. vii, p. 160 (1909) ; St. Quintin Avicult, .Mag. (3) iii, p. 150 

 (1911) ; Beebe, Pheasants, vol. i, p. 112 (1819). 



LopJiophorus chambanus, Marshall, Ibis, 1884, p. 421, pi. x. (Birnota Forest, 

 Chamba); Gates, Man. Game. B. Ind. i, p. 267 (1898). 



LopJiophorus impeyanus mantoni, Oustalet, Bull, Soc. Zool. France xvii, p. 19 

 (1893) ; Ggilvie-Grant, Handb. Game B. i, p. 236 (1893) ; Rothschild, Ibis, 

 (1899) p. 441; id.. Bull. B. G. C. viii. p. 42 (1899), x. p. 79 (ISOO). 



LophopJiorus impeyanus obsciirus. Oustalet, Bull. Soc. Zool. France xviii, p. 

 19 (1893) ; Ggilvie-Grant, Handb. Game B. i, p. 236 (1893) ; Rothschild, Ibis, 

 (1899) ; p. 441 ; id., Bull. B. O. C. viii, p. 42 (1899). 



LapJiophorus ipejanus, Rothschild, Bull. B. O. C. xxxvii, pp. 49, 51 (1917). 

 Vernacular Names. — ^Lorst c? , Ham $ ; Nil-mohr, Jiingli-molir 

 (Kashmere) ; Nilgur {Chamber) ; Munal, Nil, j , Karari, $ , (Kulu) ; 

 Munal, Gliar-munal, EateaKawan, Eatnal, Ratkap {N. W. Himala- 

 yas) ; Datiya {Ku7naon and Garhwal) ; Dafia {Nepal) ; Fo-dong 

 {Lepcha) ; (^iiam-dong {Bhotea, Sikkim) ; Chadang {Tibetan, Clmmbi 

 Valley). 



Description — Adult Male. — Head and long crest of spatulate feathers 

 brilliant metallic green ; a patch of deep metallic purple behind the 

 ear coverts ; the lores and a streak behind the eye nearly bare ; sides 

 of neck and nape fiery copper-bronze changing gradually into bronze- 

 green on the upper back ; interscapulars, scapulars and wing coverts 

 next the back, innermost secondaries and rump pmple, not quite so 

 lustrous as the upper back and with the innermost secondaries tipped 



