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roots. It is very shy and wild, and its cry, which is uttered in 

 the early morning and during rain, consists of three or four 

 shrill detached notes. At night it roosts in a tree. 



ITHAGENES, Wagl., 1832. 



943. BLOOD-PHEASANT. 

 ITHAGENES CRUENTUS. 



Ithagencs cruentus (Hardw.), Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 237 (1822) ; Gould, 

 B. of As. vii. pi. 43 ; Elliot, Monogr. Phas. ii. pi. 30 ; Ogilvie Grant, 

 Cat. B. Br. Mus. xxii. p. 268 ; Blanf. F. Brit. Ind. Birds, iv. p. 103 ; 

 David and Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 558. 



Chilimb, Nepal. ; Semo, Bhot. ; Sumong, Lepch. 



$ ad. (Sikhim). Forehead and space round the eye to ear-coverts 

 black ; crest white and grey, tinged with warm buff on the crown ; upper 

 parts slate-grey, the mantle with buffy white shaft-stripes ; rest of the 

 upper parts similar, but the stripes edged with black and the scapulars and 

 wing-coverts washed with green ; quills brown ; tail brown at base, fringed 

 with crimson, and whitish at tip ; chin and upper throat crimson ; rest of 

 fore neck greenish white, margined with black ; under parts to lower 

 abdomen pale green, margined with darker green ; lower abdomen like the 

 back ; under tail-coverts scarlet, tipped with white ; bill black ; cere, gape, 

 orbital skin, and legs red ; iris brown. Culmen 0'9, wing 8'5, tail 7'0 ; 

 tarsus 2 - 9 inch. The female is brown, finely vermiculated with black, 

 "the head, neck, and upper throat paler and yellower, the under parts paler 

 and more rufescent. 



Hob. The higher ranges of the Himalayas in Nepal, Sikhim, 

 and Bhutan, east to China ; Tibet. 



Inhabits the pine-forests at from 10,000 to 14,000 feet 

 elevation, and is said to feed on the tender shoots of the pine 

 and juniper, and on the berries of the latter, leaves, seeds, small 

 fruits, &c. It has a peculiar long call, resembling the squeal of 

 a Kite, and a shorter monosyllabic call-note. It is by no means 

 shy, but very averse to take wing. In the autumn it is found 

 in small flocks or family parties. Nothing appears to be known 

 respecting its nidification. 



944. CHINESE BLOOD-PHEASANT. 

 ITHAGENES SINENSIS. 



Ithageiies s'mensis, David, Ann. Sc. Nat. 5th ser. xviii. art. 5, p. 1 (1874) ; 

 David and Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 402, pi. 114; Ogilvie Grant, Cat. B. 

 Br. Mus. xxii. p. 270 ; Berez. and Bianchi, Ptitz. Gan-sn, p. 15 ; 

 /. ffeoffroyi, Prjev. Mongol, i Strana Tangut. ii. p. 122 (1876, nee. 

 Verr.). 



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