A REVISION OF THE GENUS GENN^US. 669- 



The Female. — Similar to that of leucomelanus and albocristatns. 



Distribution. — From the extreme West of Sikkim and over the- 

 greater part of Western Bhutan. Generally speaking, it is not a 

 bird of the highest elevations, being found between 1,000 and 4,000 

 feet, but ascends commonly up to 6,000, and sometimes as high as 

 9,000 feet. In the cold weather months it may be found occasion- 

 ally as low down as the foot of the hills where the broken ground 

 meets the plains. 



Genn^us horsfieldi. 



The Black-breasted Kalij Pheasant. 



S Plate i, No. 1 ; 5 Plate iii. No. 1. 



Gallophasis horsfieldii, Gray, Gen. B., iii, p. 498, pi. cxxvi (1845). 



Euplocomus horsfieldi, Blyth, Cat. Mus. Asiat. Soc.,p. 244(1849).. 



Fu'plocamus horsfieldi, Hume and Inglis, Str. Feath. v, p. 42 

 (1877); Hume and Marshall, Game B. Ind., i, p. 198, pi. (1878);. 

 Fasson, Str. Feath., ix, pp. 203-205 (1880); Hume, Str. Feath., xi, 

 p. 303 (1888) ; Gates, ed. Himie's Nests and Eggs, iii, p. 416 (1890). 



Eu'plocomus cuvieri, Hume and Marshall, GameB. Ind., i, pi. only 

 (1878). 



Euplocomus horsefi,eldi, Hume, Str. Feath., vii, p. 429 (1878).. 



Gennoius mearsi. Gates, Ann. Mag. N. H. (8) v, p. 164 (1910). 



Ge^mmus yrendergasti. Gates, J. B.N. H. S., xvii, p. 10 (1906); 

 Ghigi, Mem. Acad. Bologna (6) v, p. 144 (1908). 



Gennceus batemani, Gates, J. B. N. H. S., xvii, p. 11 (1906); 

 Ghigi, Mem. Acad. Bologna (6) v, p. 145 (1908); Haring-ton, J. 

 Bomb. N. H. Soc, xx, p. 377 (1910). 



Gennoius horsfieldi, Ogilvie-Grant, Oat. Birds, B. M., xxii, p. 302 

 (1893); id. Hand-List, Game B., i, p. 269 (1895); Blanford, 

 Fauna. Brit. Ind., iv, p. 92 (1898) ; Gates, Man. Game B., i, p. 334 

 (1898); id. Ibis (1903) p. 102 ; Gates, Cat. Eggs, B. M., i, p. 55 

 (1901) ; Stuart Baker, J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc, xvii, p. 971 

 (1907) ; Ghigi, Mem. Acad. Bologna (6) v, p. 144 (1908) ; Haring- 

 ton, J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc, xix, p. 309 (1909). 



Description : adult male. — A black bird with the feathers of the- 

 lower back barred and edged with white. In a few individuals there 

 are faint, yet quite distinct, signs of white fringes to the feathers 

 of the mantle, and in others, though this is most unusual, there are- 

 indications of this fringe on the innermost tertiaries and their 

 coverts. The width of the white fringes to the rump varies greatly 

 in individuals from the same brood, as does the extent to which 

 these bars extend up the lower back. 



In young males of the second year, a certain amount of brown 

 vermiculation is often found on the tail feathers, and on the outer- 

 most primaries. Generally also, the gloss on the plumage appears ta 



