ii2 A MONOGRAPH OF THE PHEASANTS 



LOPHOPHORUS 



Type 

 Lophophorus, Temminck, Pigeons et Gallinaces, II. 1813, p. 355 . . Lophophorus refulgens. 

 Monaulus, Vieillot, Analyse (1816), p. 51 .... 

 Lophofera, Fleming, Philos. Zool., II. (1822), p. 230 

 Impeyanus, Lessing, Traite d'Orn. (1831), p. 488 . 

 Chalcophasis, Elliot, Monogr. Phas., I. (187 1), pi. xx. or pt. iv. 



Three full species of Impeyan are known — 



Himalayan Impeyan Lophophorus impeyanus (Latham). 



Chinese Impeyan „ Ihuysii Verreaux and Geoffroy St.-Hilaire 



Sclater's Impeyan ..... „ sclateri Jerdon. 



KEY TO LOPHOPHORUS 



I. Upper plumage metallic (males). 



a Tail entirely chestnut impeyanus. 



b Tail bluish green . Ihuysii. 



c Tail chestnut with a white terminal band . sclateri. 



II. Upper plumage not metallic (females), 

 a Lower back not pure white. 



a' Crested ; tail barred with rufous . . . . . . . . . impeyanus. 



b' No crest ; tail barred with white sclateri. 



b Lower back pure white Ihuysii. 



