56 PHASIANID^. 



Gennseus swinhoei (Gould). 



Euplooamus swinhoii, Swinhoe, Ibis, 1866, p. 405. 



GennEBus swinhoei, Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. xxii. p. 309 (1893) ; Sharpe, 

 Handrl. i. p. 36 (1899). 



The eggs of Swinhoe's Silver Pheasant vary from pale reddish 

 buff to cream-colour. They measure from *L-9 to 2-15 in length, 

 and from 1-45 to 1'53 in breadth *. 



2. 'Laid in confinement (Zool. Gar- Zool. Society. 



dens, London). 

 4. Amoy, China (J2. Swinhoe). Seehohm Coll. 



Genus PUCEASIA, Gray. 

 Pucrasia macrolopha (Less.). 



Satyra macrolopha, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vog. p. 53, tab. xii. fig. 5 



(1845-54). 

 Pucrasia macrolopha, Hume ^ Marsh. Game Birds Ind. i. p. 169 (1879) ; 



Oates ed. Hume, Nests ^ Eggs Ind. B. iii. p. 411 (1890J ; Grant, Cat. 



Birds B. M. zxii. p. 311 (1893) : Oates, Game Birds Ind. i. p. 313 



(1898) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 36 (1899). 



The eggs of the Common Koklass Pheasant are of a regular oval 

 shape and fairly glossy. The ground-colour is creamy buff. The 

 markings are of a very deep reddish and chocolate-brown, almost 

 black in their intensity. Some specimens are merely speckled, 

 others are spotted and blotched, and the markings in both cases are 

 very regularly distributed over the shell. The eggs measure from 

 1-85 to 2-3 in length, and from 1'4 to 1-55 in breadth. 



11. Himalayas. Hume ColL 



2. Dhurumsala, N.W. Himalayas, Hume Coll. 



April. 



6. Kotegurh, 10th April. Hume Coll. 



4. Kotegurh, 27th April. Plume Coll. 



6. Kotegurh, 28th May. Hume Coll. 



1. Mussoorie. Hume CoU. 



3. Valley of the Bhagarutti, Hume Coll. 



13,000 feet ( W. E. Brooks). 



2. Valley of the Bhagarutti, 7500feet, Hume Coll. 



18thMay(^. -E. JS.). 

 1. Kumaon {Col. Bainsay). Hume Coll. 



Genus CATBEUS, Cabanis. 



Catreus ■wallichi {Hardw.). 



Catreus waUichi, Mitchell, P. Z. S. 1858, p. 544, Aves, pi. cxlix. fig. 4 ; 

 Gi-ant, Cat. Birds B. M. xxii. p. 31,7 (1893) ; Oates, Game Birds 

 Ind. i. p. 293 (1898) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 37 (1899). 



Phasianus -wallichi, Hume Sf Marsh: Game Birds Ind. i. v. WQ (1879) 

 Oates ed. Hume, Nests ^ Eggs Ind. B. iii. p. 412 (1890). 



The eggs of the Cheer Pheasant are of a broad oval shape and 

 * The dimensions of an egg of this species recorded by Swinhoe are 2'4 bj 1'7. 



