GAME BIRDS OF INDIA AND ASIA. 25 



The Monauls (two species) are large birds, two 

 feet long or more, with unusually large bills for 

 game-birds, and short legs ; the bill from gape to 

 tip is about two-thirds the length of the shank. 



The Tragopans (three species) are also large, 

 about two feet long ; but their bills are remarkably 

 small, and their legs rather long, the bill being less 

 than haif the length of the shank. 



In five genera the tail is distinctly longer than 

 ihe wing, even in the hen, and very long indeed 

 in the cock, this being the typical pheasant shape 

 of tail, with the centre feathers much the longest. 

 These groups are easily made out. 



The Argus has a bare head and the piimary 

 quills distinctly shorter than the secondaries, 

 which more than cover them. 



The Peacock Pheasant has a long broad tail with 

 rounded tips to the feathers. 



The Typical Pheasants (two species) have long 

 tails with pointed tips to the feathers ; the males 

 have a bare red skin round the eye. 



The Cheer Pheasant has a very long-pointed tail 

 and a crest, with a red skin round the eye in both 

 sexes. 



The Amherst Pheasant has a long-pointed tail 

 and a pale blue or green skin round the eye in both 

 sexes, with a ruff in the male. 



There remains three genera with tails of 

 length, taking males and females together ; the 

 tail being about as long as the wing or shorter in 

 the latter, and rather longer in the former, though 

 never so extravagantly long as in the last group. 



