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The call of this Pheasant is said to 

 resemble the words qua-qua-qua, and in 

 places frequented by these birds they 

 may be made to call by firing off a gun. 



Mr. R. A. Clark, whose remarks are 

 quoted by Messrs. Hume and Marshall, 

 found a nest of this bird in Cachar in 

 May. The nest was placed at the foot 

 of a large bush which stood amongst 

 some grass and cane jungle, and was 

 composed of twigs and leaves roughly put 

 together and lined with a few feathers. 

 The eggs are described as being of a 

 cafe-au-lait colour, but the number found 

 is not mentioned. 



Some eggs laid in captivity are said to 

 have been of a creamy or buffy white and 

 to have measured 2 inches in length by 

 i '44 in breadth. 



The male has the crown and crest 

 mottled with black and white and the 

 hindneck barred very finely with grey 

 and brown. The whole upper plumage, 

 wings and tail are brown, dotted all over 

 with white; the feathers of the mantle 

 and wings, each with a brilliant round 

 metallic purple or violet spot surrounded 

 by a whitish ring ; the feathers of the 

 tail each with a pair of large oval steel- 

 blue or metallic green ocelli, each of 



