GROSSOPTIL UML OP HOP HO R US 673 



pairs of outer ones white, tipped with purplish black ; soft parts as in 

 C. mantchuricum. Culrnen 1'65, wing 12'2, tail 20 P 5, tarsus 3'5 inch. 

 Female similar but spurless. 



Hob. Mountains of North-eastern Szechuen, Eastern Koko- 

 nor, South-western Kan-su, and Ala-shan. 



Inhabits the wooded districts on the mountains up to 10,000 

 feet, and is a resident. In the autumn and winter they are 

 generally in small flocks or family parties, but in the spring in 

 pairs. Its call-note or crow is long and disagreeable, not 

 unlike the cry of the Peacock. Nidification takes place in 

 May, when the female deposits from 5 to 7 eggs, which in shape 

 resemble those of the domestic fowl, but are very smooth in 

 texture, uniform pale olive-grey in colour, and measure 2*16 

 by 1-62. 



940. HARMAN'S SNOW-PHEASANT. 

 CROSSOPTILUM HARMANI. 



Crossoptilum harmani, Elvves, Ibis, 1881, p. 399, pi. xiii. ; Ogilvie Grant, 

 Cat. B. Br/Mus. xxii. p. 296. 



$ ad. Differs from C. auritum in having a white band across the back 

 of the head, and no white on the lateral tail-feathers. 



Halt. Tibet, 150 miles east of Lhassa. 



Nothing is known respecting the habits of this species and 

 the only specimen known is the type, now in the British 

 Museum, which is in an advanced state of decay. 



LOPHOPHORUS, Temm., 1813. 



941. MONAL. 

 LOPHOPHORUS REFULGENS. 



LopJtophorus refulgens, Temm. Pig. and Gall. ii. p. 355 (1813) ; Ogilvie 

 Grant, Cat. B. Br. Mus. xxii. p. 278 ; Blaiiford, F. Brit. Ind. Birds 

 iv. p. 96 ; L. impeyanus, Gould, Cent. Himal. B. pis. 60, 61 (1832 

 nee. Lath.) ; id. B. of As. vii. pi. 53 ; Elliot, Monogr. Phas. i. 

 pi. 18. 



Lont $ , Ham $ , Kashmir. 



ad. (Himalaya). Head, crest of spatulate feathers, bend of wing and 

 upper tail-coverts rich metallic green ; back and sides of neck copper- 

 bronze, becoming bronze-green on the upper back ; interscapulary region, 

 scapulars, wing-coverts, and ramp rich metallic purple, in parts glossed 

 with blue-green ; lower back white ; quills brownish black ; tail pale 



