60. THE CHEER-PHEASANT. 



Catreus wallichii, (HARDWICKE). 



MALE: Mantle pale buff, barred with black 

 and pale blue bands. 



FEMALE : Mantle chestnut, each feather 

 with a pair of black oval spots. 



VERNACULAR NAMES :- -Kahir, Chihir, 

 Nepal ; Cheer, Kumaon, Garhwal; 

 Bunchil, JBoinchtl, Herril, Hills north of 

 Mussooree ; Chummun } Chaman, Cham- 

 ba, Kulu, etc. 



THE Cheer-Pheasant inhabits the lower 

 ranges of the Himalayas from the valley 

 of Nepal to Chamba. I cannot discover 

 that this Pheasant has been met with 

 farther east or west of these limits, but 

 it probably may have a larger range. 

 According to season this bird lives at 

 elevations varying from 4000 to 10,000 

 feet. 



For the habits of this very fine Pheasant 

 we must again go to " Mountaineer." He 

 says : " It is an inhabitant of the lower 

 and intermediate ranges, seldom found 

 at very high elevations and never ap- 



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