82 PUCKASIA. 



oval spot. Neck-hackles straw-yellow, dark shafted; those on lower back and 

 rump with heart-shaped spot of glossy violet. Chest and sides orange, with 

 maroon central band. Belly black, mottled chestnut. Tail purplish black. — 

 Female: Brown mottled, each feather margined dark brown. Chin white. 

 Differs from G. ferrugineus in having the secondary quills irregularly barred 

 buff. Breast white, fringed and marked with black. Ceylon. Two to four eggs 

 (1-71 X 1-30), yellowish brown, minutely speckled. (B. 1329. O. 80. O.G. ii. 

 53. H. & M. i. 243.) 



Also G. varius, the Javan J.F. iJ 28". 9 15 J". With comb entire and single throat- 

 wattle. Tail of sixteen feathers. 



G. wneus. From Sumatra, a hybrid between the Domestic Fowl and G. varius. 



G. iemmincM. From Batavia, with toothed comb, throat- wattle, and a small lateral pair. 

 A hybrid between G. ferrugineus and G. varius. 



G. violaceus. A hybrid from Borneo. 



G. stramineicoUis. From the Sulu Islands, the offspring of a domestic variety run wild. 

 (O.G. ii. 60.) 



On 7.8.88 Jamrach's agent showed me in Delhi two pairs of what he called Wild Bantams. 

 The cooks were combed, and had a rudimentary spur. The legs gi-een. The hens were coloured 

 ordinary brown. He said they had been reared from eggs by a tame fowl. Mr. Wright, of 

 the E. I. Railway, told me he had seen these birds wild on the Jubbulpore line. They belong 

 to the subfamily Phasianince. But what is their genus ? Not Gallus, for it has a long curved 

 spur ; and not Galloperdix, for that has two or more spurs. — A. Le M. 



NoTB. — In Pucrasia the tail is but slightly longer than wing in males, and 

 shorter in females. 



Genus PUCRASIA. 



Crested in both sexes. Sides of head feathered. Tail of sfxteen feathers, 

 upper tail-coverts nearly as long as tail. In males plumage lanceolate and cock- 

 like; central drooping crest outflanked by greatly elongated ear-coverts. One 

 spur on each tarsus. From Afghanistan to Nepal (none in the Eastern Himalayas), 

 and China. 



A. With basal part of outer tail never grey. 



34. Pucrasia macrolopha. The Common Koklass Pheasant. 



/mKp6s=long ; X60os= crest. 



Phokrass, Kumaon; Koklass, Simla; Koak, Kulu; Plas, Kashmir; Kukrola, CTwmba. 



^ 23" to 25"; 2^ to 3 lbs. 2 20" to 22"; 2 lbs. Legs ashy. Bill black.— 

 Male: Head dark green. Long buff crest. Ear-coverts longer than crest. Large 

 white spot on side of neck. Above light ashy, with long black streaks. Breast 

 and below chestnut. Outer tail black (basal half rufous on outer web), tipped 

 white. — Female: Short crest. Above pale brown, varied and barred with brown. 

 Throat white. Below light chestnut, with dark markings. From Kumaon to 

 Chamba. FiTTb to nine eggs (2-08 x 147). (J. 808. B. 1334. 0. 64. O.G. 

 i. 281. H. & M. i. 160.) See illustration, p. 83. 



35. Pucrasia biddulpM. Biddhlph's Koklass Pheasant. 

 Differs from P. macrolopha in having the dark chestnut of foreneck extended 

 more completely roimd the neck. Lower plumage chocolate. — Female: Like 

 P. macrolopha. N.W. Himalayas and Kashmir. (0. 65.) 



