276 Allen's naturalist's lidrary. 



by twisting very rapidly between the palm of the hands a small 

 stick, into a split at the top of which a piece of stiff cloth or 

 a stiff leaf has been transversely inserted." 



Nest. — A hollow scratched at the foot of a tree or in a clump 

 of bamboo, more or less lined with dead leaves and a few 

 feathers, and generally well-concealed. 



Eggs. — Seven or eight in number, though as many as fifteen 

 are said to be found at times ; they vary in colour from pale 

 cream to pinkish-buff; shell full of pores and without gloss. 

 Average measurements, 1*97 by i"46 inch. 



suH-sp. a. gates' kalij pheasant, genn^us gatesl 

 Gemmus oatesi, Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus, xxii. p. 306 



(1893)- 



Adult Male. — Like the male of G. li?ieafus, but has the 

 feathers of the lower back and x\iTi\];> /?'inged with white ; only 

 th6 margins of the inner webs of the middle pair of tail-feathers 

 white without any black markings, while the white shaft-stripes 

 on the sides of the breast are reduced in number or absent. 



Adult Female. — Most like the female of G. horsfieldi in general 

 plumage ; but distinguished from this and the other allied 

 species by having the outer tail-feathers chestniit, slightly mottled 

 with black. 



Range. — South-eastern Arakan Hills ; in the vicinity of Prome 

 and Thayetmyo. 



VL Anderson's kalij pheasant, genn/eus andersoni. 

 Euplocamus andersoni, Elliot, P. Z. S. 1871, p. 137; id. 

 Monogr. Phasian. ii. pi. 22 (1872) ; Anderson, Res. Zool. 

 Exped. Yun-nan, p. 670, pi. Hii. (1878). 

 Euploccwms crawfu7'di^ Hume and Marshall {iiec J. E. Gray), 



Game Birds of India, i. p. 203, pi. (1878). 

 Gennceus anderso?ii, Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 

 306 (1893). 

 Adult Male. — Differs from the male of G. liueatus in having 



