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8-3" (210-8 mm.) to 9" (228-6 mm.), with an average of only ^-^^ 

 (218-4 mm.); tarsus about 2-6" (66-0 mm.); crest from' 2-7" 

 (68-5 mm.) to 3-6" (91-4 mm.). 



Nearly every specimen I have been able to examine lias the tail 

 broken or incomplete, so that the measurements are valueless. 



Adult Female. — Similar to the others of this species, but as a 

 rule all except the outermost pair ol tail feathers are chestnut on 

 the outer web, blackish on the inner with white tips, and a well- 

 marked subterminal black band. The female Nepal Koklas also 

 often has a more decided tint of rufous on the hind-neck and outer 

 scapulars. 



Colours of soft})arts. -As in the Common Koklaa. 

 Measurements. — Wing about 8-2" (208-2" mm.). Crest in th& 

 few I have been able to examine, very short and thin, generally 

 under 1-5" (38-1 mm.) 



Distrihut'ion. — Beyond the fact that this Pheasant is found in 

 parts of Western Nepal, we reall}' know nothing about its distribu- 

 tion. The only specimens known are those got by Scully and 

 Hodgson for Hume from natives, so that their exact localities are 

 still unrecorded. Hume and Captain Marshall both speak of 

 Bhutan as being included in their i-ange, but there is nothing to 

 shew on what grounds these statements are made, and there has 

 been nothing since ascertained to confirm them. At the same time, 

 it is possible, nay, extremely probable, that it will be found to 

 range from West and East Nepal and through Sikkim and Bhutan 

 until it meets mei/eri or some hitherto undescribed from linking it 

 with that bird. 



Nidification. — Not known. 



General Habits. — Of this Pheasant, Scully writes : 



" In the beginning of 1877, Mr. Hume urged me to procure 

 *■ specimens of the Nepal Koklas, in order that the question of 

 " its identity with, or distinction from inacrolopha, might be 

 •' definitely settled. This proved no easy task, as the bird, 

 " though not uncommon in the Western portion of the Nepal 

 " Himalaya, does not occur in any part of the hills so far East 

 " as the Valley of Nepal. However, after waiting for some 

 " six or seven months, I received the seven birds whose mea- 

 '• sm-ements are recorded further on, from Jumla in Western 

 •' Nepal. Thi'ee other specimens were subsequently seen in 

 " coiifiuement in the valley, and these also had been brought 

 " from Jximla." 



" Unfortunately I can give no details about the habits of 

 "■ this Pheasant from personal observations ; it is said ro be 

 " plentiful about Jumla, where it is fovind not far from the 

 " snows. In confinement the birds become very tame, and 

 "seem to prefer green leaves and shoots, etc., to grain for food, " 



