9S 



PHASIANIDJ5. 



than the se- 

 cond pair 34. Catreus, p. 310. 



b^K An erectile cape 

 of feathers cover- 

 ing the back of 

 the neck; upper 

 tail-coverts very 



long 36. Chrysolophus, 



/9. Sides of the head fea- [p- 3;59. 



thered ; no marked 

 naked space round the 

 eye ; upper tail-co- 

 verts more than half 

 the length of the 

 tail, which is never 

 much longer than the 

 wing; plumage never 



very brilliant 33. Pucrasia, p. 310. 



7n^. An elevated comb on the top 

 of the head ; sides of the head 

 and throat mostly naked, or 

 ornamented with one median 

 or a pair of lateral wattles . . 37. Gallus, p. 34;i. 

 k^. Head and neck mostly naked, 

 never ornamented with wattles ; 

 crown feathered; middle tail- 

 feathers enormously developed. 

 »■'. Secondaries enormously deve- 

 loped, much longer than the 



primaries 40. Argusiands, 



k\ Secondaries about as long as the [p- 362. 



primaries _• 41. Rheinardtius, 



h'". Upper tail-coverts far exceed the tail [p- 366. 



in length 42. Pavo, p. 368. 



ff'. Head and neck mostly naked, some- 

 times crested, sometimes with a bony 

 helmet ; tail never longer than the wing. 

 i'". Middle tail-feathers are not elongate 

 and tapered, and not much longer 

 than the outer pair; feathers of 

 mantle and chest short and rounded. 

 /■". General colour of plumage black ; 

 tarsi armed with spurs ; a line of 

 short feathers down the middle 



of the crown 43. Phasidus, p. 373. 



wji. General colour of plumage black, 

 finely vermiculated with grey ; 

 tarsi" armed with spurs ; chest 

 and mantle white; top of the 



head naked 44. Agelaster, 



n*. General colour of plumage black, [p- 3/4. 



finely spotted with white or pale 

 blue. 

 l\ Top of the head naked, with a 

 bony helmet ; outer webs of 

 outer secondaries are not pure 

 white ; plumage spotted with 

 ■white 45. Xumida, p. 374. 



