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with reddish brown. The six eggs as 

 measured by Mr. Hume varied in length 

 from 2 '4 to 2*55, and in breadth from i*68 

 to 1*72. They are quite unhke the egg 

 of the Crimson Horned Pheasant already 

 referred to, but very similar to the 

 eggs of the Grey-bellied, and Temminck's, 

 Horned Pheasants as described below. 



The male has the whole head and 

 crest black, the latter tipped with crimson. 

 The whole neck is rich crimson and the 

 chest fiery red, the feathers of the latter 

 part much pointed and harsh to the 

 touch. The general aspect of the upper 

 plumage is buff, barred and mottled with 

 black and olive-brown, and each feather 

 with a white spot surrounded by black. 

 The tail is black barred with buff except 

 at the tips of the feathers. The quills of 

 the wings are barred with buff on both 

 webs. The general aspect of the lower 

 plumage is black, each feather with a 

 large round white spot. 



The female is of a general greyish 

 brown colour mottled and barred with 

 black and pale buff. The hindneck is 

 generally suffused with rufous. The 

 lower plumage is paler, and each feather 

 has, near the tip, a round or oval white 

 spot surrounded, or nearly so, by a black 



