GALLINACEOUS BIRDS. 



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low, deep, bellowing cry, sounding like " waa-ung-waa-ung." Its general habits are no doubt similar 

 to those of the C. melanocephala, which have been more accurately described." 



THE JEWAR, OR WESTERN HORNED PHEASANT. 



The Jewar, or Western Horned Pheasant {Ceriomis melanocephala), differs from the species 



last mentioned principally in the predominance of black in the coloration of the under side. In the 



male the feathers on the top of the head are black, with red tips ; the nape, upper part of the throat, 



and shoulder are scarlet ; the feathers on the mantie dark brown, ornamented with very delicate black 



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THE SIKKIM HORNED PHEASANT {Ceriorr.is ^atyra). 



lines and, towards their extremities, with small black-edged white spots. The feathers on the breast 

 and belly are black, spotted with white, and slightly shaded with red ; the quills are pale black, spotted 

 and edged with brown ; the tail is black, striped with brown and white at the ends of the feathers. 

 The eye is nut-brown, the bare patch that surrounds it bright red, while the fleshy horns are pale 

 blue; the lappets on the throat are purple, dotted with light blue at the sides, and bordered with flesh- 

 pink ; the beak is horn-grey, and the foot reddish. The male is from twenty-seven to twenty-eiglit 

 inches long, and from thirty-five to thirty-six broad ; the wing measures ten inches and a half ; and 

 the tail ten inches. The plumage of the female is varied with different shades of brown and black on 

 the upper parts of the body, and with greyish brown, black, and white on the under side ; the back is 

 enlivened by pale yellow markings, and the under side by irregular white spots. The length of the 

 female is twenty-three inches, the breadth thirty-one inches and a half; the wing measures nine inches 

 and a half, and the tail eight inches and a half (See Coloured Plate XXX.) 



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