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The sub-family Lophophokin.*; contains tliree genera, J^ticrasia, Ceriornis, and 

 Lophophorus. The species are iiiliabitants of India and Asia, and number al)Out a 

 dozen in all. The ])neras or koklass jiheasants, Ijy which trivial name the members of 

 Pucrasia are known, are found in India and China. They are chiefly remarkable for 

 their long crests, the central one springing from the toji of the liead, and the narrow 

 occipital ones, on either side, and, at times, these are elevated above the other. They 

 liave a general brown and gray plumage, marked in various ways with black, dark 

 brown, chestnut, and white, with the breast and lower parts more or less covered with 



Fig. lOG — MtUagris ocellala^ Central AiiuTicuii turkey. 



deep chestnut. They have broad cuneate tails, in one species at least {P. darwini) 

 elegantly marked and stri])cd in gray, black, and chestnut. The habits of P. macro- 

 lopha have been thoroughly described by Indian naturalists, and those of the other 

 sjiecies, so far as known, closely resemble them. It is a forest bird, ranging from 4,0(10 

 feet to the extreme limits of forest on the Ilimmalehs, is of rather a solitary dis])Osi- 

 tion, generally found singly or in pairs, except when the members of a brood are 

 together. Wlien the cover is slight, it flushes at once or runs quickly, but otherwise 

 lies close. The flight is extremely rapid, and the bird shoots down a declivity like 



