SOME KALIJ PHEASANTS FROM THE KACHIN HILLS. 523 
instead of vice-vers@ as in No. IV., where the white pencilling is 
evenly distributed all over the feather. The wing is a little over 9 
inches, and the longest of the tail-feathers about 14 inches. 
No. VI. (Pair of Legs [male] with note from Captain Nisbett as 
follows): —“ Specimen of legs of Gennwus Pheasant (one variety). The 
colour has altered ; in life the legs should be a dark greenish-blue, like 
the legs of a Jungle-fowl.” From top of hock to under hind-toe they 
measure 3°6 inches. The colour is now horny-grey.—(/. F.) 
Colouration of Soft Parts.—The colour of soft skin of heads and the 
colour of legs of specimens sent has altered a good deal. The naked 
skin of head should be bright crimson. In the specimens with red legs 
(1. and IT.) the red should be a bright vivid colour. In those with white 
legs the colour should be a yellowish-white. In those with dark legs 
(specimen V1.) the colour should be a dark greenish-blue (a slate), like 
the legs of a Jungle-fowl. 
Weight.—The average weicht of the male is 3]bs., and that of the 
female 23lbs, The above averages have been obtained by weighing 
some twenty specimens, 
Hfabits.—-These birds are found at an altitude of between 3,000 and 
5,000ft, They are generally found in parties of three to seven, though 
the males often wander about by themselves. They generally keep in 
the nullahs near the water during the heat of the day, and in the early 
morning and towards evening feed along the hill sides and on high 
ground, being especially fond of long, flattish spurs or knolls covered 
with open evergreen forest. They are intensely shy, and one rarely 
has an opportunity of seeg them, as they make off very quickly on 
hearing any one coming, and then rarely take to flight, unless run 
down by dogs, when they fly up into the trees, They are confirmed 
runners, and it is often hard to make them take flight even with dogs, 
‘Their food consists entirely of jungle seeds, insects and acorns, My 
usual way of obtaining them was to walk very quickly along a jungle 
path until I heard the sound of their scratching up the dry leaves 
in search of food. I would then send a coolie, who always accompanied 
me, to take 9 circuitin the jungle and get round them; and on his 
advancing toward them, they nearly always came within shot. This 
sounds like poaching, but it is the only way of getting them: shooting 
them ina fair way is impossible. On my first acquaintance with them 
