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GENUS EUPLOCOMUS, TEMMINCK. 



THIS genus was formed by M. Temminck, for 

 the reception of a few birds differing in form and 

 structure from the cocks and pheasants, but still ap- 

 pearing closely allied to both ; while its alliance to 

 Lophophorus is also so great, that the founder of that 

 genus has transferred one described by himself to the 

 present little group. The form of the tail is one 

 of the principal distinctions, being often forked, in all 

 cases very ample ; the feathers broad, and pointed. 

 The first we shall notice is 



