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45. Lophophonis sclateri. Thb Ceestless Moonal Pheasant. 

 ^ 27". ? 24". Legs dark brown. Bill yellowish. Bright blue eye-patch. — 

 Male: Short crest of curly golden green feathers. Mantle and wings steel-green. 

 Entire lower parts and wing-lining velvet-black. Side of the face blue. Middle 

 back, rump, and upper tail-coverts silver- white, with black shafts. Tail chestnut 

 with white band. — Feinale : Lower back pale yellow, mottled brown. Tail black, 

 tipped and barred whitish. N.E. Assam. (0. 56. O.G. i. 240. H. & M. i. 135.) 



Genus ITHAGENES. 



Wayerfts = well-known. 



Tail slightly rounded, of fourteen feathers. Bill very short and stout. Large 

 naked eye-patch. Plumage long and soft. — Male : "With full crest and feathers 

 lanceolate. Two or more spurs on each tarsus. — Female: Sometimes with a 

 blunt knob on tarsus. Found in flocks of twenty or thirty at altitudes of from 

 12,000 to 15,000 feet. The principal food consists of tops of pine and juniper 

 in spring; berries, mosses, and bamboo leaves in winter. The flesh is tough, and 

 has a strong flavour. Cocks have often five spurs on one leg, and four on the 

 other. Out of thirty-six birds shot on 10.4.80 by Masson near Sundukphoo. 

 twenty-two were cocks. ITepal, Sikkim, Tibet, and China. The link between 

 the Pheasant and the Partridge. 



46. Ithagenes cruentus. The Blood Pheasant. 

 CruentSs, a, Mm = bloody, gory, blood-stained. 

 Selmung, Nepal; Soomong-pho, Sikkim. 



e 17" to \^"■, 1 to \\ lb. 2 \^" to 17"; 12 oz. to 1 lb. Legs coral-red, 

 Bill black. Crest grey. Orbital skin scarlet. — Male: Forehead and feathers 

 round eye black. Chin, throat, and cheeks crimson. Above dark grey, with 

 white shaft and black edging. Upper tail-coverts widely margined crimson. 

 Breast and below pale green, blotched blood-red. — Female: Brown, finely mottled. 

 Forehead, chin, and throat rusty yellow. Nepal to Tibet. (J. 807. B. 1347. 

 0. 48. O.G. i. 215. H. & M. i. 155.) 



Aho I. geofroyi. GeoflFroy's B. P. from Tibet and China. S 17". DiSeis from J. cruentus 

 in having long orest-feathera grey with white shafts, and chin, throat, and chest grey. ? 16". 

 Forehead, chin, and throat brown. Eggs (1-95 x 1-31) buff, spotted brown. 



I. sinensis. The Northern B.P. from N. China, s 17J". Crest black-brown. Chin, 

 throat, and foreneck dark gi'ey, with white shaft stripes. ? 16". Above brown, throat grey, 

 breast pale brown. (O.G. 218, 219.) 



Genus GALLOPERDIX. Spuh-Fowl. 



GaUus=a, cock ; 7r^pSif= Partridge in classical authors. 



Of small size. Nude orbits. No comb or wattles. Tail rounded, of fourteen 

 feathers. — Male: With two or more spurs on each tarsus. — Female: One or more 

 spurs, rarely none. Lidia (between Bay of Bengal and Indus Kiver) and Ceylon. 

 Shy, solitary birds, keeping much to wooded ravines. 



47. Galloperdix spadiceus. The Eed Spue-Fowl. 



Chota jungli murghi, C.P.; Kustoor, Deccan; Sarava-koli (Tamil); Yerra kodi 

 (Telugu); Kokatri (Mahratta). 



^ 14" to 15"; 11 to 14 oz. ? 13" to 14J"; 9 to 12 oz. Legs vermilion. 



Bill dusky. Orbital skin red. — Male: Head olive-brown. Forehead black, with 



grey edges. Chin and throat pale brown. Plumage above and below chestnut, 



with pale grey margins. Tail brown, mottled rufous. — Female : Forehead grey. 



