Pheasant from the North-west Himalayas. 



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P. duvauceli, Northern Afghanistan and Kafiristan. 



P. biddulpM, Kashmir. 



P. macrolopha, Kangra to Kumaon. 



P. nipalensis, Nepal and Bhotan. 



P. xanthospila, Mantchuria and Western China. 



P. darwini, Province of Che-Kiang, China. 



P. biddulphi may be distinguished from P. duvauceli by 

 the mantle, which is black edged with grey, instead of deep 

 uniform chestnut ; from P. macrolopha by the very broad 

 black centrings to the feathers of the mantle and sides of the 

 neck, and by the under tail-coverts and tail ; and from P. 

 nipalensis by the absence of the central chestnut stripe on the 

 feathers of the mantle and sides of the neck. 



The subjoined table gives the principal points of distinction 

 between the Himalayan species : — 



Name , 



Habitat 



Male, length of 

 wing. 



Lifflit mesial crest 



ManUe 



Lanceolate fea 

 thers at side of 

 neck. 



Under tail-coverts 



Tail 



P. duvauceli. 



Afghanistan. 



9"-75 



I to J shorter than 

 the dark sincipital 

 tufts. 



Uniform chestnut. 



Deep miiform 

 chestnut. 



Chestnut, with a 

 black line, fringed 

 with white, at 

 top. 



Margined and 

 fringed with 

 whitish at top. 



P. biddulphi. 

 Kashmir. 



8"-75 



Equal in length to 

 the dark sincipi- 

 tal tufts. 



Black, edged with 

 grey, and tinged 

 with rufous at 

 back of neck. 



Black, broadly 

 margined with 

 pure ashy grey. 



Eich chestnut, with 

 abroad tip of pure 

 white, separated 

 from the chestnut 

 by a black line. 



Side feathers deep 

 brown, conspicu- 

 ously tipped with 

 pure white. 



P. macrolopha. 



Kumaon. 



9"-37 



About 5- shorter 

 than the dark sin- 

 cipital tufts. 



Grey, with a nar- 

 row central black 

 stripe on each fea- 

 ther. 



Grey, with a nar- 

 row central black 

 stripe. 



Black, with a streak 

 of chestnut-red 

 down the tip and 

 a whitish fi-inge. 



Margined with grey 

 and stained witb 

 rufous at tip. 



P. nipalensis. 

 Bhotan. 



8"-5 



About ^ shorter 

 than the dark sin 

 cipital tufts. 



Black, edged with 

 rufous, with a nar- 

 row central stripe 

 of rich rufous. 



Brownish black, 

 edged rufous, or 

 whitish, with a 

 narrow central 

 stripe of rich 

 chestnut. 



Rich chestnut, with 

 an oval spot of 

 white at tip. 



Inner web black, 

 outer web and tip 

 chestnut, the tip 

 fringed with whi- 

 tish. 



