IMPEYAN MONAUL. 



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and much arched, and it greatly exceeds the 

 lower in length, and has a groove its whole length ; 

 it is somewhat square towards the point, and the 

 inner part is greatly excavated : the under man- 

 dible is almost hidden by the edges of the upper : 

 the legs are strong and nervous : the feathers of 

 the thighs are prolonged over the joints of the 

 knees, and reach nearly to the base of the spur, 

 which is very strong : the claws are very long and 

 arched. 



IMPEYAN MONAUL. 



(Lophophorus refulgens.) 



Lo. corpore supra pennis splendide purpureis, margine (2neo 

 vestitis ; subtus 7iigro, nitore (Lneo j crista in vertice, scapis 

 erectis, apice rhombeis ; caudd cinnamomea plana rotundatd. 

 (Femina, corpore Jusco-undulato ; caudd breviore ; sub oculis 

 fascia alba.) 



Monaul with the body above clothed with splendid purple 

 feathers, edged with eeneous j beneath black, glossed with 

 brassy 3 the crown crested 5 the shafts of the crest erect, and 

 their tips rhomboid the tail cinnamon-colour, plain, and 

 rounded. {Female with the body undulated with brown j the 

 tail short J beneath the eyes a white fascia.) 



Phasianus Impeyanus. Lath. Ind. Grn. 2. 632. 11. 



Lophophorus refulgens. Temm. Gall. Ind. Qy2>. 



Lophophore resplendissant. Temm, Pig. et Gall. 2. 355. 



Impeyan Pheasant. Lath. Si/n, Sup. 208. pi, 114. 



