vill LIST OF COLOURED PEATEs 
Prate XXVI, LINEATED KALEEGE Gennaeus Lineatus (Vigors) . acing page 52 
Painted by G. E. Lodge. 
A night spent in slumber on the branch of a tree; an early morning drink and search 
for food; a midday siesta; again a feeding period and in the cool of early evening a leisurely 
stroll to water and thence to roost; such is the epitome of the daily life of the Lineated, 
as well as of most other pheasants. 
They can be located often by the sound of their scratching among leaves, or the low, 
undertone clucks and chuckles as they search for grubs or succulent tubers. 
Prate XXVIII. CHINESE SILVER KALEEGE Gennaeus nycthemerus (Linnaeus) 
Painted by C. R. Knight. Facing page ©2 
This, the beautiful bird of “day and night,” ranges across the whole of south China, 
from the Burmese border almost to the sea-coast of Fokien. It is found in open forest, 
on clear, rolling hills and along swift rivers. While the Silver Kaleege is common in captivity, 
yet no white man has ever seen the nest and eggs of a wild bird. Enormous numbers were 
formerly killed for their plumage, but now the Chinese have developed a taste for their 
flesh and trap and shoot the bird extensively. 
PuatE XXVIII. HAINAN SILVER KALEEGE Geunaeus whitehead: Grant 
Painted by G. E. Lodge. Facing page 72 
This bird is very close to the Silver Kaleege, but as it is found only on an island .off the 
south China coast, it must be recognised as a distinct species. There is less white on 
the outer tail-feathers than in the silver bird, while the female is actually more like the 
corresponding sex in the Lineated than in the Silver Kaleege. Mr. Whitehead, who obtained 
the first specimens, died before he left the country, and since that time only Japanese 
collectors have taken the bird. 
Prate XXIX. EDWARD’S KALEEGE Gennaeus edwardst Oustalet . Facing page 76 
Painted by G. E. Lodge. 
Although known for a quarter of a century, absolutely nothing has been recorded of the 
habits of this very distinct and beautiful pheasant. Four specimens have been obtained 
from the province of Kaung-tri in Annam. 
PrateE XXX. SWINHOE’S KALEEGE Geunaeus swinhott (Gould) . Facing page 78 
Painted by G. E. Lodge. 
In the deep inland forests of the mountains ot Formosa this splendid bird makes its 
home. None but the natives have observed or captured it, and~there is no record of the 
nest and eggs being found, but the bird lays readily in captivity and is not rare in zoological 
gardens. 
PuaTtE XXXI. RIPPON’S HYBRID SILVER KALEEGE . 2 . Facing page 92 
Painted by G. E. Lodge. 
This bird has been ‘given a name (Gennaeus rippond), but no two birds are alike, and there 
is no doubt but that it represents individuals which have a very large percentage of the blood 
of the Silver Kaleege, with a relatively small amount of Black-breasted ancestry. I found a 
typical bird in a flock of eleven in northern Burma. They showed great variation, and could 
not be classified with any specific exactness, and only one approached the description of this 
hybrid form. 
PLatE XXXII. OATES’S HYBRID KALEEGE . . . Facing page 94 
Painted by G. E. Lodge. 
This bird, which some ornithologists have considered to be a species (Geunuaeus oatesz), 
shows great variation in the dozen skins I have examined. We must either give a half-dozen 
new names to them or consider them as hybrids. Oates’s Kaleege represents birds with the 
blood both of the Black-breasted and Lineated Kaleege, but the latter greatly dominant. 
