310 rEIASIANID.T:. 



but the black central part is more extensive ; lower bac-k, rump, 

 and upper tail-coverts black, closely vermiculated with bulF; pri- 

 maries and secondaries black, the former barred mostly with rufous, 

 except on the margin of the outer web, and the latter mostly with 

 buff; chin and throat whitish brown ; chest and upper breast very 

 similar to the mantle, but the ground-colour is pale brown ; rest of 

 the underparts rufous buff, with irregular bars and vermiculations 

 of black ; middle pair of tail-feathers like the upper tail-coverts, 

 with indistinct wide black bars mottled with buff; seven outer 

 pairs dark chestnut, somewhat mottled with black. Total length 

 19'6 inches, wing 9"1, tail 7"9, tarsus 3-1. 

 Hah. Island of Formosa. 



a-e. S imm. sk. et Formosa {li. Sminhoe). Zoological Soc. Coll. 



pull. St. 

 f-h. S $ ad,, (S Formosa. R. Swinhoe, Esq. [C.]. 



imm. St. 

 i. (S ad. skeleton. Formosa. K. Swinhoe, Esq. [C.]. 



k. Sternum. 



33. PUCRASIA*. 



Type. 

 Euloplius, Less, (nee Geoffr., Hym. 1704) Comp. 



L'uffon, vii. p. 354 (1836) P. nipalensis. 



Pucrasia, Gray, List Gen. B. p. 79 (1841) P. macrolopha. 



Gallophasis, Hocl(/s. J. As. Soc. Beny. xii. pt. i. p. 313 



(1843) P. nipalensis. 



Lophotetrax, Cab. JSrsck u. Gruh. Encycl. sec. 3, xxii. 



p. 144 (1846) P. macrolopha. 



Lochmophasis, Heine, l^omend. Mus. Hein. p. 298 



(1890) P. nipalensis. 



Tail composed of 16 feathers, long, wedge-shaped ; the middle 

 pair of feathers slightly the longest, and about twice as long as the 

 outer pair. 



The 1st primary is considerably shorter than the 2nd, which is 

 about equal to the Sth ; the 4th is slightly the longest. 



Head (in the male) with an elongate crest; the feathers behind 

 the ear-coverts are greatly elongated and surpass the crest in 

 length. 



Sides of the head feathered. 



Tarsus about equal to the middle toe and claw ; armed in the 

 male with a moderately stout and long spur. 



liauge. Himalayas, from N. Afghanistan and Kafiristan to the 

 mountains of Eastern Thibet, China, and Mantchouria. 



Key to the Species. 



I. With long crest and elongate bunches of 

 feathers behind the ear-coverts. [^Mules^ 



* Doubtful species: — Pucrasia joretiana, Heude, Ibis, 1883, p. 225 [Shanghai] ; 

 id. ./. /. 0. 1885, p. 456. 



