o2 rnASTAxiD^. 



Gtnas LOPHOPHORUS, Temm. 

 Lophophorus impeyanus (Lath.). 



Satyra impeyana, Thien. Fortpfianz. yes. V'og. p. 52, tab. xii. fig. 3 



(1845-54). 

 Lopliopboriis impeyanus, Mitchell, P. Z. S. 1858, p. 544, Aves, pi. cxlix. 



fio-. 5 ; Himie S,- Marsh. Game Birds Lid. i. p. 125 (1879) ; Oates ed. 



Jlimie, Nests 8f Eggs Ind. B. iii. p. 407 fl890) ; Oates, Game Birds 



Ind. i. p. 262 (1898) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 33 (1899^.^ 

 Lophophorus refulgens, Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. xxii. p. 278 (1893). 



The eggs of the Monal Pheasant are of a regular oval shape and 

 they possess a fair amount of gloss. They are of a cream-colour or 

 huffy white, thickly freckled and marked all oyer with very dark 

 reddish brown. On many specimens the markings are larger and 

 more frequent on the central portion of the shell than elsewhere. 

 They measure from 2-4 to 2-7 in length, and from 1-7 to 1-9 in 

 breadth. 



The eggs of this species cannot be separated with any certainty 

 from those of Melear/ris yallopavo (p. 64). 



2. Himalayas. Gould Coll. 



6. Himalayas. Hume Coll. 



2. N.W. ninmlaj'as, 19th June. Hume Coll. 



3. Hazara, May. Hume Coll. 

 2. Sookee, 9.")0b feet, 1st June. Hume Coll. 

 ] . Jallah, 8500 feet, 23rd May. Hume Coll. 

 1. Mussoorie. Hume Coll. 



4. Laid in confinement (Zool. Gar- Salyin-Godman Coll. 



dens, London). 



Genus LOPHURA, Flemiwj. 



Lophura rufa {Baffl.). 



(Plate V. fig. 3.) 



Euplocamus yieilloti, Hume ^ Marsh. Game Birds Ind. i. p. 213 (1879). 

 Lophura rufa, Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. xxii. p. 286 (1893) ; Oates, Game 

 Birds Ind. i. p. 379 (1898) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 34 (1899). 



The egg of the Malayan Crested, or Vieillot's, Fire-back Pheasant 

 in the Collection is of a regular oval form, fairly glossy and of a 

 pale creamy-buff colour. It measures 2-2 by 1*6. 



1. Laid in confinement at Singapore, Hume Coll. 

 July. 



Lophura nobilis {Sdater). 



(Plate Y. fig. 1.) 



Euplocamus Ignitus, Sharpe, Ibis, 1879, p. 270. 



Lophura ignita. Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. xxii. p. 288 (1893). 



Lophura nobilis, Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 34 (1899). 



The eggs of the Bornean Crested Fire-back Pheasant arc of a very 

 rounded oyal form. They are of a pale cream-colour and measure 

 from 1'95 to 2-1-5 in length, and from 1-5, to 1-65 in breadth. 



