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'• vino tubers are exliansted. it will scratch away the soil to get 

 '' at those aindergrouud." 



CTainniie considers the llesh poor eating, b\it most sportsmen in 

 India are pleased enough to get it for the table, especiallj'- in out-of- 

 the-wa}^ spots where variety in food is not easily obtainable. Old 

 cocks are, of course, toitgh, but young birds in the autumn are ex- 

 cellent eating; like all Indian Pheasants, they should be eaten as 

 soon as possible after being killed, unless the weather is cold enough 

 to allow of their being kept some days. 



They are quite easy to keep in captivity once they liave got over 

 the first few daj^s, during which they must be carefully watched to 

 prevent them dashing themselves against the sides' of their cage, and 

 so killing or maiming themselves. 



GENNiGUS IIORSFIELDI HORSFIELDI. 



The Blacl-hreasted Kali} Pheasant. 



Gallophasis horsJielfJii, C4ray, Gen. B. III., p. 498, PI. CXXVI (1845). 



Euplocomas hovffiekU, Blyth, Cat. Mns. As. Soc, p. 244 (1849) ; Hume, Str. 

 Feath. VII, p. 429 (1878). 



Euplocamus horsficldi, Hume and Incjlis, Str. Feath. V, p. 42 (1877) ; 

 Hume and Marsh.', Game-B. Ind. 1., p."l98, PL (1878) ; Fasson, Str. Feath. 

 IX, pp. 203-.J (1880) ; Hume, Str. Feath. XI, p. 303 (1888) ; Gates, ed., 

 Hume's Nest and Eggs, HI, p. 416 (1890). 



Euplocomus cuvieri, Hume and Marsh., Game-B. Ind. 1, PI. only (1878). 



Gennreus prendpr;/a!<ti. Gates, Jour. B. N. H. S. XVll, p. 10 (1906) ; Ghigi, 

 Mem. Acad. Bologna (6), V., p. 144 (1908). 



Genn(Pus hatonani. Gates, Jour. B. N, H. S. XVII, p. 11 (1906) ; Ghigi, 

 Mem. Acad. Bologna (6), V, p. 145 (1908); Harington, Jour. B. N. H. S. 

 XX, p. .327 (1910). 



Gennmis mearsi, Gates, Ann. Mag. N. H. (8), V., p. 164 (1910). 



Gemiccus Jior.^eldi, Ggilvie-Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. XXII, p. 302 (1893) ; 

 id, Hand-L. Game-B. I, p. 269 (1895) ; Blanford, Fauna. B.I. IV, p. 92 

 (1898) ; Gates, Man. Game-B. Ind. 1, p. 334 (1898) ; Stuart Baker, Jour. 

 B. N. H. S. XII, p. 487 (1899) ; Inglis, ibid, p. 676 (1899) ; Gates, Ibis 

 (1903), p. 102 ; id. Cat. Eegs, B.M. 1, p. 55(1901); Stuart Baker, Jour. 

 B. N. H. S. XVII, p. 971 (1907) : Ghigi, Mem. Acad. Bologna (6), V., p. 144 

 (1908) ; Harington, .Jour. B. N. H. S. XIX, p. 309 (1909) ; Watson, ibid, 

 XXIII, p. ofi-2 (1915) ; Stuart Baker, ibid, p. 669 (1915) ; Stevens, ibid, 

 p. 723 (1915). 



Vernacular JSames. — Mathura (CMttac/ong, Tipiierah, Goolpara'), 

 Modura (Si/lhet and Cachar Plains), Deorik, Dirrik, Durug (Garo 

 Ilills), Dorik (^Upper Assam), Deodip (Cachari), Volitep (Knhi). 

 Inruitip {Nafja), Yit {Burmese). 



Description — Adtdt Male. — Whole head, throat, neck and body 

 black with the exception of the feathers of the lower back, rump 

 and upper tail-coverts. Above the plumage is glossed with deep 

 purple blue, the purple dominating is some specimens, whilst in 

 others the lustre is an almost pure deep blue ; below, the sheen on 

 the feathers is generally more decidedly purple than it is above. 



