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constant differences are a richer, more rufous red of the plumage in general, thus 
approximating the Nepal kaleege, and a greater extent of white in the under plumage. 
SYNONYMY 
Phastanus hamiltonit Gray, in Griff. ed. Cuv., III. 1829, p. 27; id. Ill. Ind. Zool., I. 1830-32, pl. 41. 
Phasianus albocristatus Vigors, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1830, p. 9; Vigors, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1832, 
p. 16; id. Phil. Mag., 1831, p. 60; Gould, Cent. Birds Himal., 1832, pls. 66, 67 (text); Vigne, Proc. Zool. Soc. 
London, 1841, p. 6 (Alpine Punjab) ; Stewart, Zoologist (3), X. 1886, p. 321. 
Gennaeus albocristatus Wag). Isis, 1832, p. 1228 ; Grant, Cat. Game-birds, XXII. 1893, p. 298 ; Grant, Hand- 
book Game-birds, I. 1895, p. 258 ; Nehrkorn, Katalog der Eiersammlung, 1899, p. 193 ; Rothschild, Bull. Brit. Orn. 
Club, XIV. 1904, p. 58; Beebe, Zoologica, I. No. 17, 1914, p. 320; Baker, Jour. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc, XXIII, 
1915, p. 666 ; Baker, Jour. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc., XXV, 1917, p. 164. 
Euplocomus leucomelanos Gray, List of Birds, 1844, pt. II]. p. 25 (part). 
Euplocomus leucomelas Hodgs. in Gray’s Zool. Misc., 1844, p. 85 (part no. 80 2); id. Icon, ined., in Brit. Mus, 
Gall. pl. 14, no. 80 ¢. ; 
Euplocomus albocristatus Hutton, Jour. As. Soc. Bengal, XVII. 1847, pt. 2, p. 693; Irby, Ibis, 1861, p. 235 
(Kumaon); Adams, Wanderings of Naturalist in India, 1867, p. 92; Blyth, Cat. Mus. As. Soc., 1849, p. 244. 
Euplocamus albocristatus Adams, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1858, p. 499 (Simla, Cashmere) ; Sclater, List of 
Phas., 1863, p. 9; Gray, List Gallinae Brit. Mus., 1867, p. 32; id, Hand-list Birds, II. 1870, p. 260; Elliot, Mon. 
Phas, II. 1872, pl. 18 (syn. part); Garrod, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1873, pp. 468,640; Hume and Inglis, Stray 
Feathers, V. 1877, p.42; Hume and Marshall, Game-birds India, I. 1878, p. 177, pl.; Sclater, List Animals in Garden, 
Zool. Soc. London, 1883, p. 487; Marshall, Ibis, 1884, p. 423 (Chamba); Tegetmeier, Pheasants, 1904, p. 227 ; 
Oates, ed, Hume’s Nests and Eggs, III. 1890, p. 413; Evans, Ibis, 1891, p. 77; Mitchell, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 
1QII, p. 522. 
Gallophasts albocristatus Mitchell, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1858, p. 544, pl. 148, fig. 1 and pl. 149, fig. 3; 
Adams, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1859, p. 186; Jerdon, Birds India, III, 1863, p. 532 (part); Blyth, Ibis, 1867, p. 
153; Tytler, Ibis, 1868, p. 203 (Simla to Mussoorie); v. Pelzeln, Ibis, 1868, p. 321 (Koteghur) ; Beavan, Ibis, 1868, 
p. 380 (Simla); Brooks, Ibis, 1869, p. 60 (Baini Tal, Almorah); Hume, N. & E. India Birds, 1873, p. 526; 
Marshall, Birds’ Nests India, 1877, p. 59; Scully, Stray Feathers, VIII. 1879, p. 346; Leverkihn, Jour. fir Orn., 
1890, p. 195. 
Gennaeus albicristatus Blanford, Fauna Brit. India, Birds, 1V.1898, p. 89; Oates, Game-birds India, I. 1898, 
p. 324; Sharpe, Hand-list Birds, I. 1899, p. 35; Oates, Cat. Birds’ Eggs Brit. Mus., I. 1901, p. 54; Rattray, Jour. 
Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc., XVI. 1905, p. 663 (Nesting at Murree, 6000 feet) ; Ward, Jour. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc., 
XVII. 1907, p. 244 (absent from Kashmir vale; found in Murree Road and Kishtwar); Magrath, Jour. Bombay 
Nat. Hist, Soc., XVIII. 1908, p. 298 (Thandiani, Hazara); Ghigi, Mem. Acad. Bologna (6), V. 1908, p. 145; 
“Pine Marten,” Jour. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. XIX. 1910, p. 797; Magrath, Jour. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc., XVIII. 
1908, p. 298. 
Euphocanus albocristatus Anderson, Jour. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc., IV. 1889, p. 59. 
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