42 A MONOGRAPH OF THE PHEASANTS 
Euplocomus melanotus (Blyth), Hutton, J. As. Soc. Beng. XVII. Pt. 2, 1848, p. 694; Blyth, Cat. Mus, As. 
Soc. 1849, p. 244. 
Gallophasis melanotus Hodgson, Icon, ined. in Brit. Mus. Gall. App. pl. No. 937; Gray, Gen. B. III. App. 
1849, p. 24; Mitchell, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1858, p. 545, pl. 149, Fig. 2; Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1859, p. 205 ; Gray, Cat. 
Hodgs. ed. 2, 1863, p. 68 ; Jerdon, B. Ind, III. 1863, p. 534; Brehm, Der Zoologische Garten, 1864, p. 197; Hume, 
N. and E. Ind. B. 1873, p. 527; Marshall, B. Nest Ind. 1877, p. 59; Masson, Game-birds of Darjeeling, 1885, p. 16. 
Euplocamus melanotus Sclater, List of Phas. 1863, p. 9 [Sikhim and Bhotan]; Gray, List Gallinae Brit. Mus. 
1867, p. 33; id. Hand-list B. II. 1870, p. 260; Elliott, Mon. Phas. II. 1872, pl. 119; Hume and Inglis, Stray 
Feathers, V. 1877, p. 42 ; Sclater, Ibis, 1892, p. 86; Tegetmeier, Pheasants, 1904, p. 227; Mitchell, Proc. Zool. Soc. 
London, 1911, p. 522. 
Gallophasis melanonotus Beavan, Ibis, 1868, p. 381 (Darjeeling, Interior of Sikhim, 2,000-7,000 feet) ; Bulger, 
Ibis, 1869, p. 170 (Darjeeling). 
Euplocomus melanonotus Hume and Marshall, Game-birds India, I. 1878, p. 191, pl. 
Euplocamus melanonotus Sclater, List Animals in Garden, London Zool. Soc. 1883, p. 486; Evans, Ibis, 1891, 
P. 77- 
Gennaeus muthura Grant, Cat. Game-birds, XXII. 1893, p. 301; Nehrkorn, Katalog der Eiersammlung, 1899, 
p- 193; Rothschild, Bull. Brit. Or. Club. XIV. 1904, p. 58; Ghigi, Mem. Acad. Bologna (6), V. 1908, p. 145. 
Gennaeus melanonotus Grant, Hand-book Game-birds, I. 1895, p. 263 ; Blanford, Fauna Brit, India, Birds, IV, 
1898, p. 91; Oates, Game-birds India, I. 1898, p. 331; Sharpe, Hand-list Birds, I. 1899, p. 35 ; Oates, Cat. Eggs Brit. 
Mus. 1. 1901, p. 54; Beebe, Records Ind. Mus. V. 1910, p. 268 ; Beebe, Zoologica, I., No. 17, 1914, p. 320; Baker, 
Jour. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. XXIII. 1915, p. 668; Baker, Jour. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc, XXV. 1917, p. 175. 
