5i. THE MOONAL-PHEASANT. 



Lophophorus impeyanus, (LATHAM). 



MALE :-Tail entirely chestnut ; back 

 white. 



FEMALE : Tail black, with some well- 

 defined bright rufous bars. 



VERNACULAR NAMES : Lont, male, Ham, 

 female, Nil-mor, Jungli-mor, Kashmir ; 

 Nilgur y male, Nulwai, female, Chamba; 

 Manal, Neel, male, Kururi, Karari, 

 female, Kulu ; Moonal, male, Moonalee, 

 female, Ghur monal, Ruttia- Cowan, 

 Ratnal, Rat-Kap, Central Himalayas ; 

 Datteya, Kumaon and Garhwal \Dangan, 

 Dafai, Damfihia, Nepal ; Chamdong y 

 Bhutia ; Phodong-pho, Sikhim. 



THE Moonal-Pheasant is found through- 

 out the Himalayas from Sikhim, and pro- 

 bably the western portion of Bhutan, to 

 Kashmir. It has been obtained in Chitral 

 by Colonel Biddulph, and it is found 

 commonly in the Safed Koh, Afghanistan. 

 This species is usually observed between 

 6000 and 12,000 feet of elevation, but it 

 is occasionally found as high as 15,000 

 feet and as low as 4500 feet. 

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