THE GAME BIRDS OF INDIA. 539 



PUCRASIA MACROLOPHA CASTANEA. 

 The Cliestnut-Mantlsd KoJdas. 



Pucraitia castanea, Gould., P. Z. S., 18.54, p. 99 (Kafiristan) ; id, B. of 

 Asia, vii., pi. 27 (1864) ; Hume Str. Feath., v., p. 138 (1877) ; Elliot, Ihis 

 187s. p. 1l>.-, ; Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. xxii., p. 314 (1893) (N. 

 Affrhanistau and Katiristau) ; id, Mau. Garao B. 1, p. 28'") (189o) ; Oatos, 

 Game B. 1, p. 312 (1898). 



Pucrasia durauceli, Marshall (nee. Bonap.) Ibis 1879, p. 463 (N. Afgha- 

 nistan). 



Ihicrasia macrolopha var castanea, Fulton, Jour. B. N. H. S., xvi., 

 p. 61 (19U4) (Chitral). 



Fucrasia macroiop/io, Perreau, Jour., B. N. H. S., xix., p. 919 (1910) 

 (Chitral). 



Vernacular Names. — None recorded. 



Description — Adult Male. — Differs from P. m. macrolopha in having 

 the chestni:t. on the foreneck extending to the hindneck and 

 mantle ; the rump is more weakly marked with black and the 

 chestnut of the throat runs further up into the chin. Practically 

 the whole of the breast and abdomen are chestnut, darker than in 

 true macrolopha and marked with lilack, especially on the flanks. The 

 white marking on the breast and flanks of macrolopha are in this 

 form confined to a few narrow margins on some of the feathers at 

 the sides of the breast. 



Colours of soft parts. — Not recorded. 



Measurements. — Wing about 9-5" (241-3mm.) ; tail about 7*0'' 

 (177-8 mm.); tarsus about 2-7" 48-2 mm.); spur about 0-4" 

 (10"1 mm.) ; bill at front about 1" (25*4 mm.) and from gape about 

 1-2" (30-5 mm.) ; crest up to 4-1" (104-1 mm.). 



The Female of this Pheasant is still unknown. 



Bistrihution. — The ranges of mountains of Afghanistan, Kafiris- 

 tan and Chitral, where they border on the Norih-VVest Pro- 

 vinces. 



The limits of the habitat of this sub-species and where it meets 

 P. m. hiddtdphi are at present unknown. At Gilgit, as already 

 noted, hiddidphi is the svib-species obtained, though the birds here 

 do, to some slight extent, approach the Chitral bird. 



Fulton and Ferreau both record the bird as common in Chitral, 

 and doubtless it will be found to be so throughout these hills in 

 suitable localities from N. of the Kabul River in Kafiristan to 

 Wakkan or even further North and East. 



Nidijication. — Unknown. 



General Hahils. — There is so far nothing on record except 

 Fult«m's interesting remarks in this Journal. He writes : 



" This fine Pheasant is common on some of the heavily 

 timbered mountain-side of Lower Chitral, viz., Pattison, 

 Asreth, and the valley behind Hiosh Fort. 



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