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neck, the chin, and throat, deep blue black; hind head crested, but 

 the feathers not greatly elongated ; the upper half of the back, and 

 the rump fine glossy green ; the rest of the back, and the wings 

 chocolate brown ; fore part of the neck, breast, and belly, pure 

 white; vent dusky brown; tail even at the end, rather short, but 

 somewhat compressed ; the legs pale, dusky yellow ; at the back 

 part a short, blunt, spur; claws dusky. 



Inhabits India ; is a native of the Chittygong Hills, and known 

 by the name of Mnthurau.— Sir J. Anstruther. 



14.-LINEATED PHEASANT. 



LENGTH two feet two inches to the end of the tail, but to the 

 toes four inches shorter. Bill pale green, nostrils round, naked, at 

 the root of the bill ; cheeks covered with a scarlet, naked, papillous 

 skin, from the nostrils to the nape, where it ends in a sharp point, 

 and extends a considerable distance above, and below the eye ; irides 

 dark red ; on the hind part of the head a fine erect crest, longer than 

 the head and bill, consisting of many black, bristly feathers; general 

 colour of the plumage black, but all above variegated, in a most 

 beautiful manner, with numerous white lines ; on the sides of the 

 neck and breast the feathers are long, and sharp, and each has a 

 white line in the direction of the shaft, somewhat mottled ; upper 

 and under wing coverts much the same; quills black, variegated 

 with white, waving lines, disposed somewhat longitudinally; and 

 generally approximated by pairs; the wings, when closed, reach 

 just beyond the root of the tail ; which is wedge-shaped, compressed, 

 falcated, and nearly afoot long, consisting of fourteen sharp feathers; 

 those placed upwards, and inwards, being gradually longer; the four 

 undermost are black, with numerous white lines, the two next black 

 on the outer web, marked also with white lines, and on the inner 



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