330 A HAND-BOOK OF THE MANAGEMENT OF ANIMALS 



(366) THE SILVER PHEASANT. 



(EUPLOCAMUS ]NTCTHEMERUS--(Zwm.) ) 



Description. — The crest flowing and silky and blue-black in colour ; 

 the upper part of the body including the tail white, feathers "pencilled 

 with most delicate tracery of black ;" the whole of the under parts bluish 

 black and glossy ; the large bare area of the face bright vermilion. The 

 general colour of the female is brown, mottled with grey. 



In perfectly healthy birds the bare skin becomes extremely 

 brilliant and somewhat swollen during the breeding season. 



Hab. — China. 



Length of life in captivity. 

 Specimens have been living upwards of ten years. 



(367) THE LINEATED EALEEG-E. 



(EUPLOCAMUS LEN'EATUS— Vig.) 



Description. —The whole upper plumage black, closely and finely 

 pencilled with white ; on the wings and outer tail feathers the white lines 

 are broader and not so close as on the back; the inner webs of the 

 central tail feathers almost white, traces of markings being visible here 

 and there ; the breast and the whole lower plumage black, the sides 

 being streaked with white ; the crest black, and the large bare skin 

 of the face red. The female is somewhat smaller and olive brown in 

 colour ; the area of the bare skin of the face smaller and less brilliant. 



nab.— Pegu, Tenasserim, &c. 



Length of life in captivity. 

 About six years. 



(368) ANDERSON'S KALEEGKE. 

 (EUPLOCAMUS ANDERSON!— Elliot.) 



It resembles a silver pheasant in certain points and a lineated in 

 others; the crest is like that of the latter; the marking on the back 

 and tail feathers are much coarser than either of the two preceding 

 species. 



Hab. — Burmah. 



Length of life in captivity. 

 From November 1876 to September 1883. 



(369) CUVIER'S KALEEGE. 



(EUPLOCAMUS CTJYIERI-(Temm.) ) 



Description. — Male — " Like the male of E. lineatus, but with no 

 white streaks on the lower plumage ; the breast is strongly tinged 



