68. THE NEPAL KALIJ 

 PHEASANT. 



GemicBtis leucomelanus^ (Latham). 



MALE : — No portion of the upper plumage 

 vermiculated with white ; crest black ; 

 back and rump with narrow white 

 fringes ; lower plumage variegated, not 

 black. 



FEMALE : — Undistinguishable from the 

 female White-crested Kalij -Pheasant. 



Vernacular Names -.—Kalich, Kalij, 

 Perbuttia in Nepal ; Rechabo, Bhutia 

 in Nepal. 



The Nepal Kalij-Pheasant appears to be 

 found throughout Nepal except in the 

 extreme eastern and western portions. 

 According to Dr. Scully this Pheasant 

 extends to the east nearly as far as the 

 Aum river, but there is no certain infor- 

 mation about the extension of this species 

 to the west. 



Writing of this bird, Dr. Scully tells us 

 that "it is common wherever thick forest 

 is found, from Hetoura in the Dun to the 

 valley of Nepal ; in all the wooded hills 

 surrounding the latter up to an elevation 

 of nearly 9000 feet; and in every forest 

 about Noakot. ' It is usually seen in 



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