GAME BIRDS OF INDIA AND ASIA. 5! 



who had . an opportunity of inspecting a male spe- 

 cimen which had been obtained by one of the 

 officers attached to. the Boundary Delimitation 

 Commission, on the Burmo-Chinese frontier. 



The proper habitat of the species is the moun- 

 tains of Western China and Eastern Tibet. It 

 was introduced into Europe alive a good many 

 years ago, and is probably now better known as 

 an aviary bird than in the wild state. 



Golden Pheasant. 



Chrysolnphus pictus, Brit. Mus. Cat., Birds, Vol. XXII, 



P- 339- 

 Native n.mvie : — Kin-ky, Chiinese. 



Tlie cock of this species, which has long been a well-known 

 fancy bird both in India and Europe, is chiefly golden above 

 and scarlet below ; he is rufled and crested like the Amherst, 

 the crest being fuller than in that bird ; but his tail is not so large. 

 The hen is extremely like the .\mherst hen above described, 

 but has dull yellow legs and no bluish bare skin round the eye. 

 Moreover, the general tone of her plumage is yellower, and there 

 is a wash of gold on the top of her head. The gold pheasant 

 inhabits the mountains of South and West China, but is kept in 

 domestication in manv countries. 



The Cheer Pheasant. 



Catreus wallichi. Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, 



Vol. IV, p. 82. 

 Native names : — Chihir, Chir, Nepal, Ku- 



maun, Garhwal, &c. ; Bunchil, Herril, N. 



of Mussoorie ; Chaman, Kulu and Chamba. 



The Cheer bears a close general resemblance to 

 the typical pheasants of the genus Phasianus, having 

 the same style of tail and no ruff ; but the head 

 is furnished with a long narrow -pdinted crest in 



