GAME-BIRDS. 
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FAMILY PHASIANIDA& (Vol. I. p. 78). 
SUB-FAMILY PHASIANIN& (Vol. I. p. 199). 
THE CHEER PHEASANTS. GENUS CATREUS. 
Catreus, Cabanis, in Ersch. und Grueb. Encycl. sec. 1, liil. p 
220 (1351), 
Type, C. wadllichi (Hardwicke). 
Tail long, wedge-shaped, and composed of e¢g/feen feathers, 
the middle pair being very long, and about five times as long 
as the outer pair. 
First primary flight-feather shorter than the tenth; fifth 
slightly the longest. 
A large naked patch of crimson red skin surrounding the eye. 
A long full occipital crest in the male, less marked in the 
female. The former is also provided with a pair of strong spurs, 
which are sometimes represented in the latter by a pair of 
blunt knobs, 
I. THE CHEER PHEASANT, CATREUS WALLICHI. 
Phasianus wallichi, Hardwicke, Tr. Linn. Soc. xv. p. 166 
(1827); Mitchell, P.Z. 5.1858, p. 544, pl. 147, fig. 1, and 
pl. 149, fig. 4; Elliot, Monogr. Phasian. ii. pl. x. (1872) ; 
Hume and Marshall, Game Birds of India, i. p. 169, pl. 
(1878) ; Oates, ed. Hume’s Nests and Eggs, Ind. B. iii. p. 
412 (1890). | 
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