56. SCLATER'S MOONAL 

 PHEASANT. 



Chalcophasis sclateri^ (JERDON). 



MALE : Tail chestnut, broadly tipped with 

 white. 



FEMALE : Tail black with narrow wavy 

 creamy-white bars and tipped with the 

 same for the space of about one inch. 



VERNACULAR NAMES : None known. 



NOTHING is known about Sclater's Moonal- 

 Pheasant except that it inhabits the Mishmi 

 Hills which are situated in the extreme 

 eastern part of Assam, beyond Sadiya. 



About 1870, when Dr. Jerdon was in 

 Assam, he observed a live male bird of 

 this species in the possession of Major 

 Montagu. This specimen was eventually 

 sent to the Zoological Gardens of London, 

 and on its death the skin was deposited 

 in the British Museum. 



Subsequently Colonel Godwin-Austen 



procured the skin of a female bird of 



this species also from the Mishmi Hills, 



and Mr. Hume a skin of a male from the 



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