Kalij- and Silver-Pheasants. 333 



from March to July according to elevation, 

 laying its eggs amidst dead leaves, etc., 

 under cover of bushes without apparently 

 making any nest. The eggs are some- 

 times ten in number, and vary in colour 

 from creamy white to buff. They measure 

 from 1*79 to 2 in length and from 1*4 

 to i -54 in breadth. 



In this species the male has a black 

 crest and each of the feathers of the 

 rump with a velvety black, instead of a 

 white, fringe. The other parts of the 

 plumage and the dimensions are the same 

 as in the two preceding species. 



The female is quite undistinguishable 

 from the female of the two preceding 

 species both in colour and size. 



