26 GAME BIRDS OF INDIA AND ASIA. 



The tail is, even in the short-tailed hens, much 

 graduated, with the outside pair of feathers only 

 half as long as the middle ones, which is not the 

 case in the short-tailed pheasants alluded to above, 

 whose tails are merely rounded. Of this section : — 



The Koklass Pheasants (two species) are dis- 

 tinguished by having the face feathered all over,^ 

 and most of their feathers pointed-tipped. 



The Fire-back has, in both sexes, a short folded 

 tail, much like a common hen's, and a bare bright 

 blue face. 



The Kaleeges (about half-a-dozen species) have 

 crests in both sexes, and also a bare red face, with 

 tails long or short, folded like a fowl's. The exact 

 number of species in this group is uncertain, and 

 the length of the tail varies in the cocks, but as a 

 whole they are very recognisable. 



To discuss the short-tailed genera first : the 

 Tragopans, in addition to their large size, small 

 bills, and rounded shortish tails, are notable for 

 their long, slender toes and intricately mottled 

 plumage. The tail is carried low, and is inclined 

 to fold. 



In the cocks the plumage is always more or less 

 mixed with red and speckled with light spots ; 

 they also have a full crest, and fleshy horns and a 

 dewlap, most developed in the breeding-season,, 

 and expansible. The dewlap at most times is a 

 mere fold of skin along the throat, and the horns 

 lie concealed in the crest. But when the bird 

 faces the female to show off, the horns elongate 

 themselves and the dewlap comes down and spreads 

 out into a bib or apron, showing the most brilliant 



