674 LOPHOPHORUS 



rufous, becoming darker towards the end ; under parts black ; the throat 

 and under tail-coverts glossed with golden green ; bill dark horn ; legs 

 dull ashy green ; naked orbits blue ; iris brown. Culmen 2'0, wing 12*5, 

 tail 9'5, tarsus 3'1 inch. The female is brown, the head and neck above 

 and on the sides, upper back, and wing-coverts black, streaked and mottled 

 with buff ; lower back and rump buff, barred with black, the upper tail- 

 coverts partially tipped with white ; tail broadly barred with rufous buff ; 

 chin and throat white ; rest of under parts blackish brown, speckled and 

 streaked with buffy white. 



Hob. The Himalaya from Afghanistan to Bhutan from 

 8,000 to 15,000 feet in summer and in winter as low as 4,500 

 feet. 



Inhabits the upper portions of the hill forests, and is 

 generally seen singly or in twos or threes, the females collecting 

 together more than the males. It feeds on insects, seeds, 

 berries, leaves, etc., and its call is a loud plaintive whistle. 

 Its nest is a mere depression in the ground under a bush, rock, 

 or stone, a tuft of grass, or a tree trunk, and in May or early in 

 June it deposits 4 to 6 eggs, which resemble those of the Turkey, 

 being buffy white, thickly and coarsely freckled with reddish 

 brown, and measure about 2*55 by 1'78. 



942. CHINESE MONAL. 

 LOPHOPHORUS LHUYSI. 



Lophophorus Ihuysi, Verr. Bull. Soc. d'Accl. 2nd ser. iv. p. 706 (1867) ; 

 Sclater, P.Z.S. 1868, p. 1, pi. 1 ; Elliot, Monogr. Phas. i. pi. 19 ; 

 Gould, B. of Asia, vii. pi. 54 ; David and Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 403, 

 pi. 110 ; Ogilvie Grant, Cat. B. Br. Mus. xxii. p. 281 ; Berez. and 

 Bianchi, Ptitz. Gan-su, p. 22. 



Pae-mou-Jcy, Ho-than-ky , Chinese. 



ad. (Moupin). Differs from L. refulgens in having the upper mantle 

 dark red-golden, the lower mantle bronze-purple, glossed with blue-green, 

 the crest composed of ordinary feathers and purple-br >nze, the tail black 

 spotted with buff, the margins of the feathers broadly glossed with bottle- 

 green, the rump white ; soft parts as in L. refulgens. Culmen 2*1, wing 13*0, 

 tail 12*5, tarsus 3'0 inch. The female differs from that of L. refulgens in 

 having the lower back white. 



Hob. The more elevated portions of the mountains of 

 Moupin, Szechuen, Eastern Koko-nor, South-west Kan-su ; 

 probably also Yunnan and E. Tibet. 



In habits it resembles L. refulgens, and also lives at high 

 altitudes. It feeds on vegetable matter, especially on succulent 



