276 Lloyd's natural history. 



by twisting very rapidly between the palm of the hands a small 

 stick, into a split at the top of which a piece of stiff cloth or 

 a stiff leaf has been transversely inserted." 



Nest. — A hollow scratched at the foot of a tree or in a clump 

 of bamboo, more or less lined with dead leaves and a few 

 feathers, and generally well-concealed. 



Eggs. — Seven or eight in number, though as many as fifteen 

 are said to be found at times ; they vary in colour from pale 

 cream to pinkish-buff; shell full of pores and without gloss. 

 Average measurements, i"97 by 1*46 inch. 



suB-sp. a. gates' kalij pheasant, genn^us gatesl 

 Gennceus oatesi^ Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 306 



(1893)- 



Adult Male. — Like the male of G. lineatus, but has the 

 feathers of the lower back and mm]) fri?iged with white ; only 

 the margins of the inner webs of the middle pair of tail-feathers 

 white without any black markings, while the white shaft-stripes 

 on the sides of the breast are reduced in number or absent. 



Adult Female. — Most like the female of G. horsfieldi in general 

 plumage ; but distinguished from this and the other allied 

 species by having the outer tail-feathers chestnut^ slightly mottled 

 with black. 



Kange. — Southeastern Arakan Hills ; in the vicinity of Prome 

 and Thayetmyo. 



VL Anderson's kalij pheasant, genx/eus andersoni. 

 Euplocamus andersoni^ Elliot, P. Z. S. 187 1, p. 137 ; id. 

 Monogr. Phasian. ii. pi. 22 (1872); Anderson, Res. Zool. 

 Exped. Yun-nan, p. 670, pi. Hii. (1878). 

 Euplocamus crawfurdi, Hume and Marshall {nee J. E. Gray), 



Game Birds of India, i. p. 203, pi. (1878). 

 GenncBus ajtdersofii^ Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 

 306 (1893). 



Adult Male. — Differs from the male of G. lineatus in having 



