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26 BIRD GALLERY. 
The Koklass Pheasants (Pucrasia) include half-a-dozen species found 
in various parts of the Himalaya, Tibet, and China. The males have a 
much longer crest than the females, and the feathers behind the ears 
are greatly developed, forming two long tufts surpassing the crest in 
length. The Common Koklass Pheasant (P. macrolopha) (113) is 
common in the Western Himalaya from Kumaon to Chamba, and 
generally found singly or in pairs. Its flesh is said to be superior 
to that of every other Hill-Pheasant. 
The Fire-backed Pheasants, represented by two small groups each 
containing three species, are natives of the dense damp evergreen 
forests of the Indo-Malayan countries, Sumatra, and Borneo. Of the 
forms without a crest an example will be found in the Bornean Crest- 
less Fireback (Acomus pyronotus) (114). The females in this genus 
are remarkable for their entirely black plumage and from the fact 
that their legs are armed with a pair of strong spurs as perfectly 
developed as those of the male. 
Two examples of the crested form are exhibited, the Malayan 
Crested Fire-back (Lophura rufa) (115) and Diard’s  Fire-back 
(L. diardi) (116), both remarkably handsome species. The males are 
provided with a pair of strong spurs, but the females are devoid of 
these weapons. 
The great Eared Pheasants (Crossoptilon) (111, 118) are inhabitants 
of the high wooded mountains of Tibet and China, ascending to a 
height of about 12,000 feet above sea-level. They are sociable in their 
habits, and during the autumn and winter are generally met with in 
large flocks. Like the Common Pheasant, they pass most of their time 
on the ground searching for seeds, roots, and insects, and at night 
roost in company on the pine-trees. The legs of the male are armed 
with short stout spurs, and, unlike the majority of the Pheasants, the 
plumage is alike in both sexes. The feathers forming the ear-coverts 
are much lengthened and pure white in all the five species known. 
A remarkable Bornean species will be seen in Bulwer’s Wattled 
Pheasant (Lobiophasis bulweri) (119). The male has the head almost 
devoid of feathers and ornamented with three pairs of blue wattles, and 
the beautiful white tail is composed of no less than 32 feathers, by 
far the largest number found in any Game-Bird. The female has 
28 tail-feathers, or two pairs less, and the head is feathered and not 
ornamented with wattles. This species has only been met with in 
the lower mountain-forests of Sarawak, and it is essentially a ground 
bird, and seldom seen on the wing. 
Of the Moonal Pheasants (Lophophorus) four different species are 
known, all being natives of the elevated forests of the Himalaya or 
Western China. In all the plumage of the males is magnificent, but 
