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into Eastern Nepal on the west, and into Bhutan on the east, but 

 how far is not known. 



Habits, &fc. Similar to those of other species. This Kalij breeds 

 at low elevations at the end of March, at higher levels later, up to 

 July, and lays usually six to ten eggs, without any nest. The 

 eggs vary from creamy pink to brownish, and measure about 

 1-91 by 1-47. 



1339. Gennaeus horsfieldi. The ^lack-breasted Kalij Pheasant. 



Gallophasis horsfieldi, Gray, Gen. JX iii, p. 498, pi. cxxvi (1845) ; 

 Mitchell, P. Z. S. 1858, p. 544, pis. 148 (young), 149 (erg) ; Godw.- 

 Austen, J. A. 8. B. xxxix, pt. 2, p. 272 ; xlv, pt. 2, p. 83. 



Euplocomus horsfieldi, Blyth, Cat. p. 244. 



Euplocamus horstieldi, Hume # Inyli*, 6". F. v, p. 42 : Hume 8f Marsh. 

 Game B. i, p. 197, pi. ; Hume, Cat. no. 810 ter ; Fasson, S. F. ix, 

 pp. 203, 205; Saivadori, Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. (2) iv, p. 611; 

 Hume, S. F. xi, p. 303 ; Oates in Humes N. fy E. 2nd ed. iii, p. 410. 



Gennaeus horsfieldi, Oyilvie Grant, Cat. B. M. xxii, p. 302. 



Mathura, Chitlagong and Sylhet ; Duniy, Dirrik, Garo hills ; Dorik, 

 Dibrugarh. 



Coloration. The upper parts in the male are similar to those of 

 G. leucomelanus black, richly glossed with violet-purple, and the 

 feathers of the lower back, rump, and upper tail-coverts have 

 terminal white bars ; the lower parts are black throughout, glossed 

 with purple, except on the abdomen and lower tail-coverts ; there 

 are no white shafts to the feathers above or below, and the breast- 

 feathers are rounded at the end, not lanceolate. 



In old females the middle pair of tail-feathers are uniform dull 

 rufous brown, not mottled, and the next pair are often tinged with 

 rufous on the outer webs. The feathers of the breast have narrow 

 buff shaft-lines ; otherwise there is no difference from, the hens of 

 the other Kalij Pheasants. 



Soft parts and measurements as in the last species. 



Distribution. North of the Assam, valley in the lower hills of 

 Eastern Bhutan and the Daphla country ; and throughout the 

 ranges south of the Assam valley as far south as Chittagong and 

 Northern Arrakan, Southern Manipur, and the neighbourhood of 

 Bhamo in the Irrawaddy valley. 



Habits, c. The eggs have been taken twice towards the end of 

 March by Mr. Cripps in Sylhet. They are precisely similar to 

 those of G. melanonotas. 



1340. Gennaeus lineatus. The Burmese Silver Pheasant. 



Phasianus lineatus, Vigors, P. Z. S. 1831, p. 24. 

 Gennaeus lineatus, Wayl. Isis, 1832, p. 1228 ; Oyilvie Grant, Cat. 

 B. M. xxii, p. 304. 



pi. 

 S. F. ix, p. 195; Saivadori, Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. (2) v, p. 620; 



