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up to Fort White. How much farther 

 south its range may extend is not known. 



This Pheasant is found in dense forest 

 country up to an elevation of 10,000 feet, 

 and probably does not occur below 4000 

 feet. I can learn nothing of its habits, 

 except that the call is said to resemble 

 the syllable "ak." 



In the British Museum there is an egg 

 of this Pheasant which was laid in con- 

 finement at Sadiya, in Assam. This egg 

 resembles closely the eggs of Temminck's 

 Horned Pheasant in the same collection, 

 and measures 2*42 by 171. It has hardly 

 any gloss ; the ground-colour is pale 

 reddish buff, and the shell is minutely 

 speckled all over with reddish brown. 



In the male the forehead and the 

 middle part of the crown and crest are 

 black. The sides of the crown and crest, 

 the ears, the neck all round and the upper 

 part of the chest are dull crimson. A 

 black band borders the throat and is con- 

 tinued over the ears to the back of the 

 head. The general aspect of the upper 

 plumage and wings is maroon with zig- 

 zag buff and black bars, each feather 

 tipped with a whitish round spot sur- 

 rounded by black. The tail is black, 

 barred with rufous, except near the tips 



