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J. Male. Presented by Babu Dwarkanath Tagore 

 (1844). 5. Another. Babu Rajendra Mallicka (1848). 

 C. Another. Purchased (1843). D. Female (tail broken). 

 Babu Rajendra Mallicka (1849). English breed more or 

 less commingled with Ph. colchicus. E. Male. F. Female. 

 (Tails imperfect). Babu Rajendra MaUicka (1849). 



1475. Ph. colchicus, L. {PL Enl. 121, 122). 



Kurgkaol, Pushtu. 

 Hab. W. Asia. (Abundant — though somewhat different from 

 tTie European bird — on the Elburz Chain, N. of Persia). Now com- 

 mon in Europe. 



A. Male. Presented by Sir W. Jardine, Bt. (1848). 

 B. Female. Presented by Mr. Davison (1844). 



Subgenus THAUMALEA, Wagler. 



1476. Th. Amhersti^ (G. R. Gray, III. Gen. Birds, pi. 125). 



Syn, Phasianus A^nherstife, Leadbeater. 

 Hab. Bordering regions of China and Tibet. 



A. Imperfect skin of male. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 

 (1843). 

 Genus Lophophorus, Temminck. 



14/7. L. IMPEYANUS (Gould's 'Century,'' pi. 60, 61). 

 Syn. Phasianus imp ey anus, Latham. 

 Ph. curvirostris, Shaw. 

 Lophophorus rufidyens, Temminck. 



Monal, or Ghur Monal ; Murgh i sari (* Golden 

 Fowl') ; Murgh Muhshor : male, Ratkap ; female, 

 3Ionali. 

 Hab. Himalaya generally : Kaffiristan (Burnes). 



A. Male, B. C. Females. From the Barrackpore 

 Menagerie (1844-5). D. Young male, assuming the adult 

 dress. Presented by the Curator (1847). 



Subfam. TETRA0N1N.E. 

 Genus Tetrao, L. 



Subgeuus BONASA, Stephens. 



1478. B. UMBELLUS (Wilson's Am. Orn., pi. 49). 



Syn. Tetrao lunheUus et T. toyatus, L. 



T. umbelloides et T. Sahini, Douglas. 

 Hab. N. America. 



A. Male, from Mr. Bartlett (1844). 



1479. B. betulina {PL Enl. 474, 4/5; Gould's B. E. pi. 251). 



Syn. Tetrao honasia, L. 



T. betulinus, Scopoli. 

 T. canus{l), Gmelin. 



B. sylvestris et rupestris, Brehm. 

 B. europcea, Gould. 



