Gallinaceous Birds. 75 



Spur -Fowl. — About the size of an 

 English Red-legged Partridge ; the first 

 ten quills of the wing brown ; with a short 

 bushy crest half an inch in length at the 

 utmost ; the shafts of the feathers of the 

 rump highly spinous ; the first quill of the 

 wing falling short of the tip of the tenth. 

 The Continent of India and Ceylon. P. 213. 



Blood-Pheasants. — About the size of 

 a small fowl ; tail of 14 feathers ; with a 

 bushy crest of soft feathers about i| inch 

 in length. The Himalayas. P. 227. 



Peacock-Pheasants. — About the size 

 of a hen Pheasant ; tail of 20 feathers 

 marked with brilliant metallic ocelh in 

 pairs. The Indo-Burmese countries. 

 P- 233. 



Horned Pheasants. — About the size 

 of a Guinea-Fowl ; tail of 18 or 20 

 feathers, rounded, the outermost feather 

 reaching beyond the middle of the tail; 

 the first quill of the wing falling short of 

 the tip of the wing by more than one inch ; 

 horny part of bill between nostril and tip 

 about half an inch in length. The Hima- 

 layas and the Indo-Burmese Hills. P. 239. 



Moonal-Pheasants. — About the size 

 of a Guinea-Fowl ; tail of 18 or 20 feathers, 



