70. THE BLACK BREASTED 

 KALIJ PHEASANT. 



Gennceus horsfieldi, (GRAY). 



MALE : No portion of the upper plumage 

 vermiculated with white ; crest black ; 

 back and rump with broad white fringes ; 

 the entire lower plumage black. 



FEMALE : Undistinguishable from the 

 female of the previous three species. 



VERNACULAR NAMES : Do-reek, Assam ; 

 Durug) Dirrik, Garo Hills ; Mathura, 

 Sylhet and Chittagong ; Yit, Burmese. 



THE Black-breasted Kalij-Pheasant occurs 

 in Eastern Bhutan and throughout the 

 lower ranges of the Himalayas up to 

 Sadiya in Assam. South of the Bhrama- 

 putra this Pheasant is found in all the hill 

 ranges of Assam, extending on the west 

 through Sylhet and Tipperah to Chitta- 

 gong, throughout which province it appears 

 to be commonly found. To the east, 

 Mr. Hume met with this bird in Manipur. 

 Still farther east I observed it at Pyimbone 

 in Upper Burma, about fifty miles N.E. 



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