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In both sexes the tail is rounded and 

 comparatively short, composed of 18 

 and occasionally 20 feathers. The outer- 

 most feather of the tail extends beyond 

 the middle point of the centre pair. The 

 first quill of the wing falls short of the tip 

 of the wing by more than one inch and 

 frequently by two inches. 



The plumage of the females of this 

 group is very plain, and they are not easily 

 distinguishable from each other ; nor are 

 they distinguishable from the females of 

 the next group, the Moonal-Pheasants, 

 by any point of structure that I can dis- 

 cover except the size of the bill. 



