THE KALIJ- AND SILVER- 

 PHEASANTS. 



This, the largest group of Indian Game 

 Birds, is of very wide distribution through- 

 out the Himalayas and Burma. Of the 

 eleven species found within our limits, 

 three species are now described for the 

 first time, and probably others remain 

 to be discovered. 



The term " Kalij " has been hitherto 

 applied to the four species of the group 

 which inhabit the Himalayas. In the 

 males of these species the upper plumage 

 is black, with the exception of certain 

 white fringes which are to be found on 

 the rump of three of the species. I retain 

 the term " Kalij " for these four species. 



I apply the term " Silver " to those 

 Pheasants of the group in which the 

 upper plumage is vermiculated or other- 

 wise irregularly marked with white, or 

 in some cases with buff. Most of these 

 Silver-Pheasants also have white rump- 

 fringes. The disposition and form of 

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