THE KALIJ PHEASANTS. 



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minutes, and then went up and caught both ; they were quite 

 exhausted ; the feathers from the head and neck had all been 

 knocked off, and the latter was bleeding in both birds." 



Mr. Cripps writes : " The northern part of the district of 

 Sylhet is covered with low 'teelahs,'or hillocks, between which 

 run small brooks, the whole being overgrown with dense tree- 

 bamboo-, and cane-jungle, forming dark, damp retreats, such 

 as are the favourite resorts of this species. 



"Here they scratch about amongst the fallen leaves for 

 insects, and towards evening and in the early morning stray 

 into any adjacent patches of cultivation, or are to be found 

 feeding about the roadside where these lie within the forests." 



Nest. — A heap of dry leaves, with rather a deep cavity 

 scratched in the middle, placed at the foot of a tree. 



Eggs. — Like those of G. albocristatus, &c, and of the usual 

 Kalij type. Varying in colour from pale buff to rich brownish- 

 buff. Average measurements, 1*85 by 1*48 inch. 



sub-sp. a. cuvier's kalij pheasant. GENN/EUS cuvieri. 

 Lophophorus cuvieri, Temm. PI. Col. v. pi. 10 [No. 1] (1820). 

 Gennceus cuvieri) Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 303 

 (1893)- 



Adult Male. — Like the male of G. horsfieldi, but all the 

 upper-parts are finely pencilled with irregular wavy white 

 lines. 



Adult Female. — Like the fema/e of G. horsfieldi, but all the 

 tail-feathers are more or less mixed with dull rufous, mottled 

 with black, the outer pairs only being black towards the tips. 



Eange. — The middle and northern Arakan Hills, extending 

 into Chittagong. 



sub-sp. b. davison's kalij pheasant, gennceus 

 davison 1. 

 Gennceus davisoni, Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 

 304 (1893). 



