PHASIANIDiE, 97 



e'. Tail with 32 feathers (28 in 



female) 30. Lobiophasis, 



/". Tail wilh 20-24 feathers. [p. 291. 



r'. An elongate -white ear- 

 tuft on each side of the 

 head; tail-feathers never 



ocellated 31. Crossoptii.on, 



/*. No elongate ear-tuft on [p. 293. 



each side of the head ; 

 tail-feathers ornamented 

 with round metallic 



ocelli 38. POIA'PLECTRON, 



!/''. Tail with 16-18 feathers. [p. 353. 



(/^. Occipital crest absent or 

 very short, 

 c*. Outer tail-feathers me- 

 tallic purplish gi'een ; 

 tail with 16 feathers. . 39. ChalCURUS, 

 d^. Outer tail - feathers [p. 3G1. 



not metallic purplish 

 green; tail with 16 



or 18 feathers 35. Phasianus, 



h^. A well - developed occi- [p. 318. 



pital crest. 

 <^. Sides of the head 

 naked, or a large 

 naked space suiTOunds 

 the ej'e. 

 a'". Crest more or less 

 erect, composed of 

 tufted feathers with 

 shafts naked at the 



base 29. Lophura, p. 286. 



6'°. Crest recumbent, 

 composed of long 

 soft hair-like fea- 

 thers, 

 rt". No erectile cape- 

 like feathers 

 covering the back 

 of the neck ; 

 upper tail-coverts 

 not very long. 

 a^'. Middle tail-fea- 

 thers curved 

 outwardsatthe 

 extremity, and 

 subequal or not 

 much longer 

 than the second 



pair 32. Genn\«us, p. 296. 



A''. Tail like that 

 of I'/iasia/iiis ; 

 middle tail fea- 

 thers straight, 

 and consider- 

 ably Unig'er 



