GENNAEUS 
KALEEGE PHEASANTS 
Family PHASIANIDAE 
Subfamily PHASIANINAE 
Genus GENNAEUS 
Tuis group is the largest component of the old genus Fuflocamus, which 
formerly included Dzardigallus, Lophura and Acomus. It seems to me to 
consist of two well-marked subgenera, Gexuaeus and Hverophasis, the former with 
seven species, the latter with two. The species most familiar to those who keep 
pheasants or have opportunity of visiting collections is doubtless the Silver Pheasant, 
or Kaleege. One of the native names throughout the East is Kaleege or Kalij, and 
I have chosen to use this to characterize the pheasants of this genus. 
The least specialized type of Kaleege Pheasant is quite fowl-like, especially as to 
shape of body and carriage of the tail, the latter consisting of sixteen feathers, 
laterally compressed. These are strongly graduated in order from without inward, 
the central pair being the longest, and at least three times the length of the outer- 
most. There is great variation in the actual and relative length of the tail as a 
whole. 
The sexes are very dissimilar in colour, and both have crests usually long and 
flowing (Gennaeus), rarely short, lying close to the head (Azerophasis). In the birds 
with long crests, these may end in a point, or else be diffuse, covering the nape 
and hind neck. The crest is usually disintegrated. In the subgenus Hervophasis 
many of the contour feathers tend to convexity at the tip. Aside from this, there 
is no specialization of feather structure. 
The bill is moderately stout, strong and curved, being used as a pecking organ 
in assisting the scratching function of the feet. The face is entirely bare, the skin 
being covered with finger-like papillae, and showing a tendency to the formation of 
three pairs of free wattles, one in front of and above the eye, the second back of 
the eye at the side of the occiput, and the third at the gape. In related genera 
these are carried to the point of highest development in Lodiopfhasis. The ist 
primary is considerably shorter than the 2nd, which is equal to the gth or roth; 
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