62 PHASIANIN/E. 



Hah. — Sikkim, and the Eastern parts of Bhootan. According to Jerdon it is 

 the only Pheasant common in Darjeeling at all elevations between 2,000 and 

 7,000 feet. Breeds during March, April, and May. Eggs, 8 — 10 in number, 

 similar to those of other species. Size 179 to 2 inches by 1-4 to 1*54. 



78. EuplOCamUS horsfleldi (G. R. Gray), Hu7ne, Str. F. V. 

 p. 42 ; vii. p. 429 ; Hume and Marsh., Game Birds Lid. i. p, 197 ; 

 Murray, Avif. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 541, No. 1201. — The Black-breasted Kalij. 



Differs from alhocristatus, leucomelanus and melanonotus in having the 

 breast black, with rounded instead of lanceolate feathers, and the rump and 

 upper tail coverts broadly tipped with white. Bill greenish horny, paler at tip, 

 dusky towards the base ; nude orbital skin crimson ; irides reddish brown ; 

 legs and feet plumbeous. 



Length, Males, — 23 to 24 inches; wing 9 to 10; tail 9 to 1075 ; tarsus 

 3-2 to 3'25 ; bill from gape 1*37 to v^. 



Length, Females. — 21 to 22-5 inches; wing 8*5 to 8-9; tail 775 to 8*5; 

 tarsus 3 to 3*05 ; bill from gape 1*15 to 1*3. 



Hah. — Cachar and around the bases of and up to four thousand feet eleva- 

 tion on the Khasia and Garo hills ; thence eastwards in suitable localities right 

 up the valley of Assam to beyond Sadiya. Has been met with in Eastern 

 Bhootan and in the lower ranges of the Dafla hills, also in Tipperah and 

 Northern Chittagong. Dilkusha, Sylhet and Cachar are districts in which 

 they are fairly abundant. {Hume.) Breeds in April and May. Eggs of the 

 usual type. 



79. EuplOCamUS lineatUS, BlUot, Mon. ',Phas. ii. pi. 23 (pt.) ; 

 Hume, Nests and Eggs Ind. B. Y>. 525 ; id., Str. F. iii. p. 165 ; Anders., Fun. 

 Exped. p. 669 (part) ; Hume and Dav., Str. F. vi. p. 436; Hume, Sir. F. viii. 

 p. no ; Hume and Marsh,, Game Birds i. p. 205, pi. ; Bingham, Sir. F. ix. 

 p. 19S ; Oates, Str. F. x. p. 236; Oates, B. Br. Burm. ii. p. 316; Murray, 

 Avif. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 542, No. 1202. Phasianus lineatus, Lath, in Vigors, 

 P. Z. S. 1 83 1, p. 24. Nycthemerus lineatus, Blyth and Wald., B. Burm., 

 p. 149. Gennseus lineatus, Oates, Str. F. v. p. 164. — The Lineated Silver 

 Pheasant. 



Whole head, including crest, also the chin, throat and lower plumage black ; 

 sides of breast and body streaked with white ; forehead and feathers above the 

 red facial skin stippled with white dots ; sides of the head and neck, also the 

 hindneck and the whole of the upper plumage and wing coverts black, finely 

 and closely vermicellated with white ; wings and tail the same, but the wavy 

 bars of white broader ; central pair of tail feathers almost entirely white on the 

 inner webs. Younger males have more white streaks on the lower plumage 

 extending to the whole breast and abdomen. The female has the forehead, 

 crown and crest olive brown tinged with rufous ; chin and throat grey ; sides 

 and back of the neck olive brown, streaked with white ; front of the neck 



