90 PHASIANID.T.. 



g'". Upper tail-coverts do not exceed the 

 tail in length, 

 i*. If the head and neck are mostly 

 naked, the former is ornamented 

 with wattles. 

 (j^. Tail considerably shorter than 

 winp:. 

 ¥. Tail with 10 feathers ; wing 



less than 4 inches 24. Ophrysia, p. 265. 



i^. Tail with 14 feathers ; wing 

 more than 5 inches. 

 ci' . Plumages of sexes similar; 

 spurs, if present in male, 

 usually absent in female. 

 a^. A large naked space be- 

 hind the eye ; tarsi not 



armed with spurs 21. rxiLOPACHYS, 



h^. No marked naked space [p. 255. 



behind the eye, ; tarsi 

 in male, and sometimes 

 in female, armed with 



spurs 22. Bawbusicola, 



b'. Plumages of sexes different ; [p. 257. 



females, as well as males, 



nearly always armed with 



one or more pairs of spurs. 



c". Sides of the face naked 



round the eye. 



«^ Bill rather slender and 



elongate ; crest short ; 



(under tail - coverts 



never crimson) 2o. Galloperdix, 



L^. Bill stout, short, and [p. 2G0. 



wide ; crest well deve- 

 loped ; (under tail- 

 coverts in the male 



crimson) 25. Ithagexes, 



(F. Sides of head entirely [p. 207. 



naked 28. Acomus, p. 28o. 



A:". Tail with 18 feathers. 



c". Bill rather feeble ; upper 

 tail-coverts extend uuich 

 more than half svay up the 

 tail ; a large inflatable 

 wattle beneath the throat 



of the male 26. Tragopan, 



d/. Bill long and very strong; [p. 271. 



upper tail-coverts extend 

 half or less than halfway 

 up the tail ; no wattle 

 beneath the throat of the 



male 27. Lophophorus, 



Iv'. Tail about as long, longer, or [p. 277. 



very much longer than the 

 wing. 

 /". No elevated comb on the tup 

 of the head. 







