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male, but the crest and neck are slate colour, the upper plumage reddish brown, 
tail dark brown, chin and thr at an<l lower plumage reddish and the crest 
feathers wholly slate colour. Length of male, 18 inches ; wing, 8| inches ; tail, 
6J inches (female smaller.) Legs, intense red ; irides, brown ; bill, black. 
In the male the bare parts of the head are deep red, in the female yellow 
carmine ; weight, 20 oz. 
It affects pine forests, is a great runner, takes very short flights and never 
crows. 
THE GREY PEACOCK PHEASANT. 
Poliplectron Chinquis. Native names : Munnowar , Assam ; Deodrug , Garo 
Hills ; Shway-doun, Burma ; Kat-mohur , Chittagong. 
Habitat .—Outer slopes of the Himalayas from Sikhim to Assam ; thence 
down to Tennasserim. 
Description. —Male—crown and crest mottled black and white, hind neck 
finely barred grey and brown. Upper plumage, wings and? tail, brown dotted 
all over with white. Mantle and wing feathers with bright round metallic 
purple spots, with whitish rings ; each tail feather has two large metallic green 
eyes, bordered black and grey. Throat white, lower plumage dark brown 
