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differences as questions of age and sex, but among the eight 

 examples in my collection I see no difference of any kind 

 (though some have very large spurs, and others very small 

 rudiments of these appendages) except that in one of them 

 (with scarcely the rudiment of a spur) there is scarcely any 

 purple (only green) gloss on the tail-feathers. It is also 

 worthy of remark that the white patches on the outer rectrices 

 of Hodgson's type are much more developed on one side than 

 on the other. 



There is no reason to suppose that Hodgson's type came 

 from the Himalayas. Nothing whatever was known of its 

 locality beyond the fact that it was brought to the capital of 

 Nepal by the Nepalese envoys to Pekin on their return 

 journey, and was believed to be from Thibet. 



This bird lives in the pine-forests from 10,000 to 12,000 

 feet above sea-level. They are gregarious birds, and 40 or 50 

 may be found roosting in company on the pine-trees. 



Five eggs vary in size from 2*42 inches by 1*7 to 2"3 

 inches by 1'72. In colour they resemble eggs of Perdix 

 petrosa. 



Ceriornis temmincki. 

 ■ Three examples of this curious bird show the wattles ex- 

 tended to their full length, as they are only to be found during 

 the breeding-season. It is a ground species, hiding in the 

 jungle under the pine-trees. It is not known to occur under 

 10,000 feet above the sea. 



LOPHOPHORUS LHUYSI. 



There are two examples of this remarkably handsome bird 

 in the collection, but unfortunately one of them is without a 

 head. Along with Grandala ccelicolor it is found at a higher 

 altitude than any other species. It is especially fond of the 

 root of a bulbous plant called pey-mon {Fritillaria roylii), 

 which it digs out of the ground on the rocky moors near the 

 limit of perpetual snow, about 16,000 feet above the sea-level. 

 They roost on the stunted rhododendrons, or descend to the 

 pines. 



