428 BIKDS OCCURRING IN INDIA NOT DESCRIBED 



808 bis.— Pucrasia castanea, Gould, 

 808 ter.— Pucrasia nipalensis, Gould. 



In macrolopha the chestnut of the lower throat and middle of 

 breast, &e., does not extend at all round the neck ; the 

 feathers of the back and sides of the neck, interscapulary 

 region, sides of the breast and body and flanks, are grey, with 

 narrow central black stripes. 



In nipalensis (I speak on the strength of several specimens 

 recently procured for me in Nipal by Dr. Scully), all these 

 feathers are black, with only narrow grey edges, many of them, 

 especially on the sides and flanks, with narrow reddish shaft 

 lines. In this species also the red does not go round the 

 neck. Both sexes are darker and somewhat smaller than 

 macrolopha. 



In castanea the feathers of the flanks are apparently much 

 more like those of nipalensis, but there is a much greater ex- 

 tent of chestnut on the breast and belly, and the chestnut goes 

 all round the base of the neck. 



In nipalensis the whole of the feathers of the lower back, 

 rump and upper tail-coverts are broadly centred with black, but 

 in macrolopha they are mostly grey, paling towards the margins, 

 and this appears to be the case also in castanea. 



I have never yet been able to obtain any typical specimens 

 of the so-called castanea. < I retain Mr. Gould's name for reasons 

 fully explained, S. F., VII., 124. 



The bird figured as such by Mr, Elliot is not, in my opinion, 

 the true castanea, but an intermediate form. No doubt, 

 Mr. Elliot says, that he purchased the type of P. castanea from 

 Mr. Gould, but he is mistaken, since Mr. Gould's types were 

 specimens collected in Kafristan by Griffiths, at that time, 

 and pi'obably still, in the Indian Museum. — Hume, " Game Birds 

 of India."" 



810 bis.— Euplocamus leucomelanus, Lath. 



The Nipal Kallege, to which we may probably apply 

 Latham's name, is a well-marked and perfectly distinct species. 

 Blyth and others, not properly informed as to the facts, have 

 talked of it as a hybrid, but it is quite as distinct as any 

 Pheasant of the group. 



No detailed description is needed. The subjoined table of our 

 four K alleges, which I extract from the " Text of the Game 



