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  A 
  MONOGRAPH 
  OF 
  THE 
  PHEASANTS 
  

  

  This 
  green 
  appears 
  first 
  not 
  on 
  the 
  sub-terminal 
  black 
  band, 
  but 
  in 
  irregular 
  spots 
  and 
  

   lines 
  on 
  the 
  terminal 
  bluish-white 
  mantle 
  fringe. 
  

  

  A 
  most 
  interesting 
  character 
  present 
  in 
  every 
  male 
  of 
  this 
  age 
  which 
  I 
  have 
  

   examined 
  is 
  found 
  upon 
  all 
  the 
  dorsal 
  feathers, 
  from 
  the 
  nuchal 
  plumage 
  to 
  the 
  longest 
  

   wing-coverts. 
  This 
  is 
  a 
  conspicuous, 
  terminal, 
  central 
  spot 
  of 
  shining 
  golden 
  rufous. 
  

   The 
  spurs 
  at 
  this 
  age 
  are 
  short, 
  but 
  sharp. 
  Bill 
  from 
  nostril, 
  25 
  mm. 
  ; 
  wing, 
  238 
  ; 
  

   tail, 
  385 
  ; 
  tarsus, 
  66 
  ; 
  middle 
  toe 
  and 
  claw, 
  58. 
  

  

  EARLY 
  HISTORY 
  

  

  The 
  Cheer 
  pheasant 
  was 
  first 
  brought 
  to 
  the 
  attention 
  of 
  science 
  by 
  Major-General 
  

   Hardwicke 
  in 
  the 
  Transactions 
  of 
  the 
  London 
  Linnaean 
  Society 
  for 
  1827, 
  five 
  years 
  

   after 
  he 
  described 
  the 
  male 
  blood 
  pheasant. 
  Besides 
  the 
  actual 
  description 
  of 
  the 
  bird, 
  

   he 
  appends 
  a 
  few 
  facts 
  which 
  are 
  of 
  interest 
  as 
  showing 
  the 
  sum 
  total 
  of 
  our 
  knowledge 
  

   of 
  the 
  bird 
  at 
  that 
  time, 
  and, 
  indeed, 
  for 
  many 
  years 
  afterwards. 
  " 
  The 
  local 
  name 
  of 
  

   this 
  bird 
  is 
  the 
  Cheer. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  native 
  of 
  the 
  Almorah 
  hills, 
  on 
  the 
  north-eastern 
  boundary 
  

   of 
  Hindostan, 
  and 
  is 
  about 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  the 
  impeyan 
  pheasant 
  of 
  Latham. 
  It 
  is 
  remark- 
  

   ably 
  bold, 
  and 
  fights 
  with 
  great 
  vigour 
  on 
  the 
  least 
  irritation, 
  at 
  the 
  same 
  time 
  raising 
  

   its 
  feathers 
  and 
  prating 
  with 
  a 
  noise 
  which 
  resembles 
  the 
  word 
  Tuckraa, 
  Tuckraa, 
  

   several 
  times 
  repeated. 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  This 
  bird 
  bears 
  the 
  Bengal 
  climate 
  very 
  well, 
  and 
  with 
  

   little 
  care 
  and 
  trouble 
  might 
  be 
  brought 
  alive 
  to 
  England." 
  

  

  Hardwicke 
  very 
  naturally 
  placed 
  his 
  newly-described 
  pheasant 
  in 
  the 
  all-inclusive 
  

   Linnaean 
  genus 
  Phasianus, 
  and 
  in 
  this 
  he 
  was 
  followed 
  by 
  many 
  writers 
  until 
  recently, 
  

   when 
  most 
  authorities 
  have 
  realized 
  that 
  a 
  separate 
  genus 
  is 
  well 
  deserved. 
  

  

  SYNONYMY 
  

  

  Phasianus 
  wattichii 
  Hardwicke, 
  Tr. 
  Linn. 
  Soc. 
  XV. 
  1827, 
  p. 
  166 
  [Almorah 
  Hill] 
  ; 
  Hodgson, 
  in 
  Gray's 
  Zool. 
  

   Misc. 
  1844, 
  p. 
  85 
  ; 
  id. 
  Icon. 
  ined. 
  in 
  Brit. 
  Mus., 
  Gall. 
  pi. 
  12 
  bis, 
  nos. 
  76-78 
  ; 
  Gray, 
  List 
  of 
  Birds, 
  pt. 
  III. 
  Gall. 
  1844, 
  

   p. 
  24; 
  id. 
  Gen. 
  B., 
  III. 
  1845, 
  p. 
  497 
  ; 
  id. 
  Cat. 
  Hodgs., 
  ed. 
  I. 
  1846, 
  p. 
  124; 
  Hutton, 
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  2 
  

   1848, 
  p. 
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  Blyth, 
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  1849, 
  p. 
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  1858, 
  p. 
  499 
  [W. 
  Himalayas]; 
  

   Mitchell, 
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  p. 
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  pi. 
  147, 
  fig. 
  1, 
  and 
  pi. 
  149, 
  fig. 
  4; 
  Irby, 
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  1861, 
  p. 
  235 
  [Kumaon] 
  ; 
  Jerdon' 
  

   Birds 
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  III. 
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  p. 
  527 
  ; 
  Sclater, 
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  of 
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  p. 
  5 
  ; 
  Gray, 
  List 
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  Mus. 
  1867, 
  p. 
  28 
  ; 
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   Wanderings 
  of 
  Naturalist 
  in 
  India, 
  1867, 
  p. 
  91 
  ; 
  Tytler, 
  Ibis, 
  1868, 
  p. 
  203 
  [Simla 
  to 
  Mussooree] 
  ; 
  Beavan, 
  Ibis, 
  

   1868, 
  p. 
  380 
  [Simla]; 
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  Soc. 
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  pr 
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  ; 
  Gray, 
  Hand-list 
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  II. 
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  p. 
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  Elliot, 
  

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  pi. 
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  ; 
  Hume, 
  N. 
  & 
  E. 
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  1873, 
  p. 
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  ; 
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  Soc. 
  1876, 
  p. 
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  ; 
  

   Marshall, 
  B. 
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  India 
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  p. 
  59 
  ; 
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  and 
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  I. 
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  p. 
  169, 
  pi. 
  ; 
  Scully, 
  Str. 
  F., 
  VIII. 
  

   1879, 
  P' 
  345 
  [Nepal]; 
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  Proc. 
  Zool. 
  Soc. 
  1879, 
  P- 
  "5; 
  Garrod, 
  Proc. 
  Zool. 
  Soc. 
  1879, 
  p. 
  364; 
  Marshall, 
  Ibis, 
  

   1884, 
  p. 
  423 
  [Chamba] 
  ; 
  Stolzmann, 
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  Soc. 
  1885, 
  p. 
  431 
  ; 
  Stewart, 
  Zoologist 
  (3), 
  X. 
  1886, 
  p. 
  440; 
  Oates| 
  

   ed. 
  Hume's 
  Nests 
  and 
  Eggs, 
  III. 
  1890, 
  p. 
  412 
  ; 
  Evans, 
  Ibis, 
  1891, 
  p. 
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  Soc. 
  1904, 
  p 
  130- 
  

   Mitchell, 
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  Soc. 
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  p. 
  421. 
  

  

  Lophophorus 
  wallichii 
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  Man. 
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  II. 
  1828, 
  p. 
  179 
  ; 
  Griffith, 
  ed. 
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  p. 
  15 
  ; 
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   Zool. 
  Soc. 
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  p. 
  6 
  [Chamba]. 
  

  

  Phasianus 
  staceii 
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  1831, 
  p. 
  232; 
  id. 
  Proc. 
  Zool. 
  Soc. 
  1831, 
  p. 
  35. 
  

  

  Catreus 
  wallichii 
  Gould, 
  Cent. 
  B. 
  Himal. 
  1832, 
  pi. 
  68 
  [text] 
  ; 
  Sclater, 
  Proc. 
  Zool. 
  Soc. 
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  p. 
  205 
  ; 
  Gould, 
  B. 
  

   Asia, 
  VII. 
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  pi. 
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  Saint-Hilare, 
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  Grant, 
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   XXII. 
  1893, 
  p. 
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  Grant, 
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  I. 
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  P- 
  I 
  ; 
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  Fauna 
  Brit. 
  India, 
  Birds, 
  IV. 
  1898, 
  

   p. 
  82 
  ; 
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  Game-birds 
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  p. 
  293 
  ; 
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  Hand-list 
  Genera 
  and 
  Species 
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  Nehrkorn, 
  

   Kat. 
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  ; 
  

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