﻿3o 
  A 
  MONOGRAPH 
  OF 
  THE 
  PHEASANTS 
  

  

  persists 
  strongly 
  even 
  on 
  the 
  outer 
  feathers, 
  while 
  the 
  narrow 
  white 
  fringe 
  is 
  strongest 
  

   on 
  the 
  outer 
  ones 
  and 
  dies 
  out 
  before 
  it 
  reaches 
  the 
  central 
  feathers. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  under 
  parts 
  the 
  dark 
  chestnut 
  is 
  developed 
  only 
  to 
  about 
  the 
  same 
  extent 
  

   in 
  macrolopha, 
  except, 
  of 
  course, 
  on 
  the 
  side 
  neck, 
  where 
  it 
  joins 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  mantle. 
  

   But 
  I 
  have 
  seen 
  individuals 
  of 
  otherwise 
  typical 
  macrolopha 
  which 
  had 
  more 
  ventral 
  

   chestnut 
  than 
  any 
  Nepal 
  bird. 
  The 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  breast 
  and 
  belly 
  show 
  no 
  trace 
  of 
  

   ashy, 
  but 
  are 
  dull 
  jet 
  black, 
  with, 
  as 
  on 
  the 
  wing-coverts, 
  adventitious 
  hints 
  of 
  whitish 
  

   fringe. 
  This 
  is 
  wider 
  and 
  more 
  distinct 
  on 
  the 
  flanks. 
  The 
  under 
  tail-coverts 
  

   are 
  rich 
  light 
  chestnut. 
  

  

  The 
  Nepal 
  Koklass 
  shows 
  a 
  slight 
  but 
  steady 
  decrease 
  in 
  size 
  from 
  macrolopha 
  

   eastward. 
  The 
  average 
  measurements 
  of 
  a 
  few 
  extremely 
  melanistic 
  birds 
  from 
  central 
  

   Nepal 
  are 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  bill 
  from 
  nostril, 
  13 
  mm. 
  ; 
  wing, 
  220 
  ; 
  tail, 
  220 
  ; 
  tarsus, 
  64 
  ; 
  

   middle 
  toe 
  and 
  claw, 
  58. 
  

  

  Adult 
  Female. 
  — 
  Within 
  more 
  narrow 
  limits 
  the 
  female 
  Nepal 
  Koklass 
  shows 
  

   as 
  much 
  variation 
  as 
  do 
  the 
  males. 
  The 
  extreme, 
  reached 
  through 
  a 
  gradual 
  

   transition, 
  shows 
  a 
  decided 
  erythrism, 
  both 
  on 
  the 
  dorsal 
  and 
  ventral 
  surfaces. 
  

   The 
  white 
  colours 
  of 
  macrolopha 
  become 
  buffs 
  and 
  the 
  buffy 
  tones 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  western 
  

   species 
  change 
  to 
  warm 
  rufous 
  in 
  nipalensis. 
  Bill 
  from 
  nostril, 
  12 
  mm.; 
  wing, 
  200; 
  

   tail, 
  185 
  ; 
  tarsus, 
  60 
  ; 
  middle 
  toe 
  and 
  claw, 
  54. 
  

  

  SYNONYMY 
  

  

  Tragopan 
  pucrasia 
  Tcmminck 
  (nee 
  Gray), 
  PI. 
  Col. 
  V. 
  1834, 
  pi. 
  15 
  [nee 
  text] 
  [no. 
  545]; 
  Hume, 
  Stray 
  

   Feathers, 
  V. 
  1877, 
  p. 
  138 
  ; 
  id. 
  Stray 
  Feathers, 
  VII. 
  1878, 
  p. 
  124. 
  

  

  Gallophasis 
  pucrasia 
  Hodgson, 
  Icon. 
  ined. 
  in 
  Brit. 
  Mus. 
  Gall. 
  pi. 
  20, 
  nos. 
  68, 
  71 
  ; 
  id. 
  J. 
  As. 
  Soc. 
  Beng., 
  XII. 
  

   1843, 
  pt. 
  1, 
  p. 
  313 
  ; 
  id. 
  in 
  Gray's 
  Zool. 
  Misc., 
  1844, 
  p. 
  85. 
  

  

  Pucrasia 
  macrolopha 
  Gray, 
  List 
  of 
  Birds, 
  pt. 
  III. 
  Gall. 
  1844, 
  p. 
  31 
  [part] 
  ; 
  id. 
  Cat. 
  Hodgs. 
  ed., 
  I. 
  1846, 
  p. 
  126; 
  

   Sclater, 
  List 
  Phas., 
  1863, 
  p. 
  3 
  [part, 
  Nepal] 
  ; 
  Blyth, 
  Ibis, 
  1867, 
  p. 
  152 
  [part]. 
  

  

  Phasianus 
  macrolopha 
  Blyth, 
  Cat. 
  Mus. 
  As. 
  Soc, 
  1849, 
  p. 
  245 
  [part]. 
  

  

  Pucrasia 
  nipalensis 
  Gould, 
  Proc. 
  Zool. 
  Soc. 
  1854, 
  p. 
  100 
  [Nepal, 
  Bhotan] 
  ; 
  id. 
  B. 
  Asia, 
  VII. 
  1854, 
  pi. 
  28; 
  

   Sclater, 
  List 
  Phas. 
  1863, 
  p. 
  4 
  [Bhotan]; 
  Gray, 
  List 
  Gallinae 
  Brit. 
  Mus., 
  1867, 
  p. 
  30; 
  id. 
  Hand-list 
  Birds, 
  II. 
  1870, 
  

   p. 
  258; 
  Hume, 
  Stray 
  Feathers, 
  VII. 
  1878, 
  p. 
  428; 
  Hume 
  and 
  Marshall, 
  Game-Birds 
  Ind., 
  I. 
  1878, 
  p. 
  166, 
  pi. 
  ; 
  

   Marshall, 
  Ibis, 
  1879, 
  p. 
  463 
  [Bhotan]; 
  Scully, 
  Stray 
  Feathers, 
  VIII. 
  1879, 
  p. 
  343 
  [W. 
  Nepal]; 
  Hume, 
  Stray 
  

   Feathers, 
  VIII. 
  1879, 
  P- 
  449 
  [ 
  not 
  m 
  Bhotan]; 
  Grant, 
  Cat. 
  Game-birds 
  Brit. 
  Mus., 
  XXII. 
  1893, 
  p. 
  314; 
  Grant, 
  

   Hand-book 
  Game-birds, 
  I. 
  1895, 
  p. 
  284; 
  Sharpe, 
  Hand-list 
  Game-birds, 
  I. 
  1899, 
  p. 
  36. 
  

  

  Pucrasia 
  duvauceli 
  Bonap. 
  C. 
  R., 
  XLII. 
  1856, 
  p. 
  879; 
  Gray, 
  Cat. 
  Hodgs. 
  ed. 
  2, 
  1863, 
  p. 
  68; 
  Elliot, 
  Mon. 
  

   Phas., 
  I. 
  1872, 
  pi. 
  29; 
  id. 
  Ibis, 
  1878, 
  p. 
  125. 
  

  

  Pucrasia 
  macrolopha 
  nipalensis 
  Beebe, 
  Zoologica, 
  I. 
  No. 
  15, 
  1914, 
  p. 
  278; 
  Baker, 
  Jour. 
  Bombay 
  Nat. 
  His. 
  

   Soc, 
  XXV. 
  1918, 
  p. 
  537. 
  

  

  