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1. Catreus wallichii. 



Phasianus wallichii, Hardwich:, Tr. Linn. Soc. xv. p. 166 (1827) 

 ("Alniorali Hills] ; Iltidi/s. in Gray's Zool. Misc. p. 85 (1844) ; id. 

 lion. ined. in Brit. Mii.s., (Idll. pi. \'2 bis, nos. 76-78 ; Gray, List of 

 Ji. pt. iii. Gall. p. 24 (1S44) ; id. Gen. B. iii. p. 497 (1845) ; id. Cat. 

 Ilodq^. ed. 1, p. 124 (lS4(j) ; Hutton, J. As. Soc. Bent/, xvii. pt. 2, 

 p. 695(1848); Blyth, Cat. iViis. As. Soc. p. 245 (1849); Adams, 

 P. Z. S. 1858, p. 499 [W. Himalayas]; Mitcli. P. Z. 8. 1858, 

 p. 544, pi. 147. %. 1, .V: pi. 149. fijr.' 4 ; L-by, Ibis, 1861, p. 2:35 

 [Kumaon] ; Jerd. B. Ind. iii. p. 527 (1863) ; Sehit. Li<:t of Phas. 

 p. 5 (1863) ; Gray, List Gallince Brit. Mus. p. 28 (1867) ; Tiitler, 

 Ibis, 1868, p. 203 "[Simla to Musmoree] : L'eavan,Ibis, 1868, p. 3S0 

 [Simla] ; Grai/, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 258 (1870) ; Elliot, Monor/r. Phas. 

 ii. pi. X. [text] (1872) : Hume, X. ^- E. hid. B. p. 524 (1873) ; 

 Marsh. B. Nest. Ind. p. 59 (1877) ; Hume Sf Marsh. Game B. 

 Ind. i. p. 169, pi. (1878) ; Scully, Str. F. viii. p. 345 (1879) 

 [Nepal] : Marsh. Ibis, 1884, p. 423 [Chamba] ; Oates, ed. Hume's 

 Nests Si- Ef/(js, iii. p. 412 (1890). 



Lophophovus wallichii, Less. Man. d^Orn. ii. p. 179 (1828) ; Griff, 

 ed. Cur. iii. p. 15 (1829) ; Ju/ne, P.Z.S 1841, p. 6 [Chamba]. 



Phasianus st ceii, Viy. Phil. May. 1831, p. 232 ; id. P. Z. S. 1831, p. .-'.o. 



Catreus wallichii, Gimld, Cent. B. Himal. pi. Q'i [text] (1832) ; id. 

 n. Asia, vii. pi. 18 (1865). 



Adult male. Top of the head blackish brown, each feather, 

 especially the longer ones of the crest, tipped with dirty white ; back 

 of the head grey ; neck white, barred on the nape with black ; 

 mantle barred with black and pale creamj- wliite, each feather 

 fringed with whitish grey and with a subterminal blackish band 

 glossed with dark green ; wing coverts and scapulars like the mantle, 

 but the black bars, except the subterminal one, are broken up and 

 irregular and the ground-colour ochraceous buff"; lower back and 

 rump rust-colour, each feather with a subterminal black band glossed 

 with itreen ; quills and primarv-coverts brownish black, irregularly 

 edged and mottled with buff; feathers of the check below the naked 

 patch and ear-coverts brown ; chin, throat, and chest dirty white; 

 breast and sides of the belly whitish bufl", barred with black ; 

 middle of the belly black ; flanks, vent, and under tail-coverts 

 ochraceous rust-colour ; upper tail-coverts and centre pair of tail- 

 feathers whitish buff, with wide irregular black bars as wide as the 

 interspaces, rest of the tail-feathers tiie same, but the bars on the 

 inner webs at least are mostly dark chestnut. Bill pale horny brown ; 

 naked skin round the eye scarlet ; legs and feet grey-brown. Total 

 length h4 inches, wing 10, tail 20*5, tarsus 2-it. 



Immature males difl'er from the adult in having the breast and 

 sides of the belly almost devoid of black markings and washed yith 

 brifiht buff; the black subterminal bars on the upper parts, espe- 

 cially on the lower back and rump, where they are often absent, not 

 glossed with green ; and the spurs are rudimentary. 



Adult female. Differs chierty from the male in having the feathers 

 of the head and crest edged with buff; the u])per parts of the 

 mantle pale chestnut, widely barred ami marked with black : the 

 lower back and rump a mixture of dirty brown, black, and buff, the 

 former predominating ; the quills regularly barred, those on the 



