Himalayan and Kashmiri Birds 



In shape more like a fowl than a pheasant. 



Cock : Long white hairy crest. Upper 

 plumage black glossed with blue, with white 

 bars on lower back. Wings and fowl-like tail 

 dark brown glossed with green. 



He7i : Crest and upper plumage reddish- 

 brown with fine black wavy crossbars. Middle 

 tail feathers black, with cream wavy crossbars ; 

 the other tail feathers are black with a blue 

 gloss. 



Both sexes have a patch of bare red skin on 

 sides of face. This bird is fond of feeding 

 on the road and I have shot it from a motor- 

 car while going along the road to Chakrata. 



163. Gennceus melanonotus : The Black- 

 backed Kalij Pheasant. F. 1338, J. 811, V. 

 E. 



The common Kalij of Darjeeling. 



Like the last species, but the cock has a black 

 crest, glossed with purple-blue, and there are no 

 white bars on the lower back and rump. 



Note on the other Himalayan Pheasants 



Catreus wallichi : The Cheer. This bird 



has a long tail like that of the English Pheasant. 



Both sexes have a long crest and a red patch of 



bare skin round the eye. Plumage black with 



186 



