72 CROSSOPTILUM.-CATBEUS. 



A. lipuTictatus. Wood's Argus Pheasant. Primary with red-brown band minutely dotted 

 white on both webs. Range unknown. 



Also the genus Eheinardtius, the Crested Argus Pheasant from Tonkin. One species. 



E. ocellaius. S 84". ? 31". General colour dark brown, mixed rufous, thickly spotted 

 and marked white. — Female: Amber-brown, transversely mottled black and bufif. 



Genus CROSSOPTILUM. 



Kpo(rffi)s= shaggy hair, a tuft of hair ; wTl\ov=a. feather. 



Tail longer than wing, of twenty to twenty-four feathers, mid pair elongated, 

 webs long and decomposed. Sides of face naked, red, and covered with small 

 papillae. Ear-coverts forming long white tufts. Sexes alike. Male with short, 

 stout spurs. Found in companies. Roost on trees. 



15. Crossoptilum tibetanuin. Hodgson's Eared Pheasant. 



S 38" to 40", tail 19" to 20". Legs bright red. Bill dull red. Eye-patch and 

 cheek red. Crest-feathers black, short, erect, velvety, and thick-set. Sixth quill 

 longest. Twenty tail-feathers, satin-green or black. Neck, back, and abdomen 

 yellowish grey-white. Plumage ample, unglossed, and wholly dishevelled. (H. 

 and M. i. 115). Found in the mountains of W. China and E. Tibet, from 10,000 

 to 12,000 feet. 



Also C. TeiKumm. The White-tailed Eared Pheasant. Distinguished from C. tibetanum, 

 in having greater part of tail white, tipped black. — Female: Tail white, margined and tipped 

 grey. E. Tibet. 



C. manchuricum. S 40". The Manchurian Eared Pheasant differs from C tibetanum in 

 having mantle brownish black and an indistinct white band across crown. Tail twenty-two 

 feathers, basal part dirty white, tips brownish. — Fem/xle : No spurs. The feathers formerly 

 worn by Tartar warriors. Twelve to sixteen eggs (2-3 x 17), pale stone colour. Time of incuba- 

 tion twenty-eight to thirty days. 



C. auritum. 40". Pallas's Eared Pheasant. Mantle slate-blue. An indistinct white band 

 bordering black crown behind. Tail twenty-four feathers. Kokonor, Kansu, and N.W. 

 Szechnen. Five to seven eggs (2-6 x 1-6), olive-grey. 



C. harmani resembles G. auritum, but with a wide white band bordering the crown behind 

 and without any white on basal part of outer tail. Tail twenty-four feathers (?). Tibet. 



Also the genus Lobiophasis, the Wattled Pheasants. Tail-feathers, cJ thirty-two, 9 twenty- 

 eight, by far the largest number in any of the Phasianidee. Sexes differ. In males, head 

 naked with three pairs of wattles : one pair large and erect on sides of head, a second pair 

 large and drooping on sides of throat, and a third pair small on sides of bilL Pair of spurs. 



L. bulu-eri. 6 35". f 20". Bulwer's Wattled Pheasant. Neck and chest crimson. 

 Plumage black, margined blue. Naked skin and wattles blue. Tail white. — Female: Brownish 

 buff, mottled black. Tail chestnut. Sarawak. (O.G. i. 248-257.) 



Genus CATREUS. 

 Occipital crest of long narrow feathers in both sexes. Tail eighteen feathers, 

 long and wedge-shaped; longer than wing in both sexes. Sides of face naked, 

 crimson. Males have one spur on each tarsus, and females sometimes a knob. 



16. Catreus walliclii The Cheer Pheasant. 



Kahir, Chihir, Nepal; Cheer, Kumacm; Bunchll, Muisoorie; Chaman, Ckamba. 



S 34" to 40", tail from vent 20" to 23" ; 3 to 3J lbs. 2 24" to 30", tail from 

 vent ISy to 15 J"; 2 to 3 lbs. Legs brown. Bill pale horny. Head dark ashy, 

 with crest of hair-like feathers. Chin, throat, and cheeks pale ashy. Nape, 

 breast, shoulders, back, and wing-coverts yellowish, with curving black bars 



