*8. THE BLOOD PHEASANT. 



Ithagenes cruentus^ (HARDWICKE). 



With a crest of soft, uniformly-narrow 



feathers, i^ or more in length. 

 Tail of 14 feathers. 



MALE : With the crest-feathers grey, 

 streaked with buff. 



FEMALE : With the crest-feathers wholly 

 slate-colour. 



VERNACULAR NAMES: Chilmeah, Chilme, 

 Scrimen, Selmung, Nepal ; Same, Semo, 

 Soomong Pho, Sikhim. 



THE Blood-Pheasant occurs at high alti- 

 tudes throughout Nepal, Sikhim and, 

 according to Messrs. Hume and Marshall, 

 Western Bhutan. Mr. Mandelli procured 

 it in Tibet, probably just beyond native 

 Sikhim. 



Dr. W. T. Blanford, who observed this 

 species in Sikhim, says, with reference to 

 its habits : " All that I saw were in the 

 pine forests around Yeomatoung, where 

 they were tolerably abundant. They 

 Barely take flight even when fired at, but 

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