84 GAME BIRDS OF INDIA AND ASIA. 



The White-tailed Eared-Pheasant. 



Crossoptilon leucurum, Brit. Mus. Cat., Vol. XXII, 

 p. 294. 



This East-Tibetan species only differs from the last in the male 

 in having the tail only blue-black at the tip, the base being white ; 

 in the female the dark parts of the tail-feathers are slate-colour. 

 It may ultimately be proved to be only a local race or variety 

 of the last. 



The Blue Eared- Pheasant. 



Crossoptilon auritum, Brit. Mus. Cat., Vol. XXII, 

 p. 295. 



Ranges from Kokonor to East Szechuen, and is mainly blue- 

 grey, with the tail white, tipped with black. It lives in mountain . 

 woods and lays olive-grey eggs. 



Harman's Eared-Pheasant- 



Crossoptilon harmani, Brit. Mus. Cat., Vol. XXII, 

 p. 296. 



Difiers from the last in having more white about the head and 

 neck and hardly any on the tail. The only known specimen 

 was got 150 miles east of Lhassa. 



Brown Eared-Pheasant. 



Crossoptilon mantchuricum, Brit. Mus. Cat., Vol. XXII, 

 p. 294. 



Inhabits the mountains of Manchuria and Pe-che-lee, and is 

 mainly sooty brown in colour, with the tail white, tipped with 

 blue-black. It has been fairly freely imported into Europe 

 and breeds well in captivity, laying pale stone-coloured eggs 



