56 PHASIANID^. 



Gennaeus swinhoei {Gould). 



Euplocamus swiuhoii, Swinhoe, Ibis, 18G6, p. 405. 



Gennaeus swinhoei, Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. xxii. p. 309 (1893) ; Sharpe, 

 Hand-l. i. p. 36 (1899). 



The eggs of Swinhoe's Silver Pheasant vary from pale reddish 

 buff to cream-colour. They measure from 1-9 to 2'15 in length, 

 and from 1'45 to 1*53 in breadth *. 



2. Laid in confinement (Zool. Gar- Zool. Society. 



dens, London). 

 4. Amoy, China (-R. Swinhoe). Seebohm Coll. 



Genus PUCE.ASIA, Gray. 

 Pucrasia macrolopha {Less.). 



Satyra macrolopha, Thien. Fortpjlanz. ges. Vo(j. p. 53, tab. xii. tig. 5 



(1845-54). 

 Pucrasia macrolopha, Hume S; Marsh. Game Birds Ind. i. p. 159 (1879) ; 



Oates ed. Hume, Nests t^- J^(/r/s hid. B. iii. p. 411 (1890) ; Grant, Cat. 



Birds B. M. xxii. p. 311 (1893) : Oates, Game Birds Ind. i. p. 313 



(1898) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 36 (1899). 



The eggs of the Common Koklass Pheasant are of a regular oval 

 shape and fairly glossy. The ground-colour is creamy buif. The 

 markings are of a very deep reddish and chocolate-brown, almost 

 black in their intensity. 8ome specimens are merely speckled, 

 others are spotted and blotched, and the markings in both cases are 

 very regularly distributed over the shell. The eggs measure from 

 1-85 to 2-3 ill length, and from 1-4 to 1-55 in breadth. 



11. Himalayas. Hume Coll. 



2. Dhurumsala, N.W. Himalayas, Hume Coll. 



April. 



6. Kotegurh, 10th April. Ilunie Coll. 



4. Kotegurh, 27th April. Hume Coll. 



6. Kotegurh, 28th May. Hume Coll. 



1. Mussoorie. Hume Coll. 



3. A'alley^ of the Bhagarutti, Hume Coll. 



13,000 feet { W. E. Brooks). 



2. Valley of the Bhagarutti, 7500 feet, Hume Coll. 



18th May ( W. U. B.). 

 1. Kumaon (Col. liamsay). Hume Coll. 



Genus CATEEUS, Cahanis. 



Catreus wallichi {Hardw.). 



Catreus waUichi, Mitchell, P. Z. S. 1868, p. 544, Arcs, pi. cxlix. fig. 4 ; 

 Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. xxii. p. 317 (1893) ; Oates, Game Birds 

 Ind. i. p. 293 (1898) : Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 37 (1899). 



Phasianus •wallichi, Hume 4" Marsh. Game Birds Ind. \.-^.\QQ (\S79) 

 Oates ed. Hume, Nests ^- Eyys Ind. B. iii. p. 412 (1890). 



The eggs of the Cheer Pheasant are of a broad oval shape and 

 * The dimensions of an egg of this species re corded by Swinhoe are 2*4 by 1*7. 



