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THE RUBY MINES SILVER PHEASANT. 
Gennoeus Rufipes. 
These four pheasants are rare and are merely varieties of the common 
kaleej, and are all called Yit in Burmese. Little is known about them except 
from the few Museum specimens extant. 
THE RED JUNGLE FOWL. 
Gallus Galius. Native names : Jungli or Ban Murgee , Hind.; Ban Kokra , 
Beng. and Assam ; Natsu-pia, Bhutia; Pazok-tchi, Lepcha ; Tu-quet, Burma * 
Kura, Chittagong. 
Habitat.— The lower Himalayas, most of the Indian hill tracts, the Central 
Provinces, Assam, Bengal. 
Description. —Male—crown hackles, rich orange red with black shaft 
streaks; lower hackles, golden. Back, black; rump, maroon; tail, black. 
Whole of lower plumage, deep black. Female—crown, brown; mantle, black, 
tipped with yellow. Upper plumage, brown or buff, much freckled with black ; 
tail, brown ; lower plumage, rufous. Usually found in small parties; the cock 
