420 REPTILES AND BIRDS. 
There are three or four varieties known, which inhabit India, China, 
and the Isles of Sumatra and Borneo, ‘Their habits have not yet 
been studied. 
Impeyan Pheasants (Lofophorus Tmpeyanius, Fig. 159), are little 
better known than the Peacock Pheasants. They prefer cold 
climates, which sufficiently accounts for their predilection to the 
elevated ridges of the Himalayas. No one has as yet succeeded in 
acclimating them in Europe. This is one of the most brilliant 
Gallinaceans ; its plumage, bedizened with the most lively colours, 
Fig. 160.—Crested Curassow. 
has gained for it in India a very significant name—that of the 
Golden Bird. 
Under the name of A/ecors (from the Greek aaé«rwp), Cuvier 
has united a certain number of American birds bearing some 
resemblance to our Domestic Fowl, the principal of which are the 
Curassows, of which the crested variety (Crvax alector, Fig. 160) is 
best known. They are analogous in form and size to a Turkey, of 
which they are the representatives in Central America, Guiana, and 
Brazil. They have a large tuft upon the head, formed of distorted 
and erectile feathers,-and are without spurs. They live in numerous 
