. Natural history. Zoology. 236 AVES—ORDER -LoBED Pheasant (io6iop/iasis tinted gem, and then dropping stone-like, with closed wings, into the abyss below.'' The fire-backed pheasants (Acomus and Lophura) are inhabitants of the mountains of the Indo-Chinese provinces and the Malayan Peninsula and Islands. On the h igh mountains of North-Western Borneo, on the Lawas River and the region of Mount Dulit occurs one of the most remarkable of all game birds, the lobed pheasant (Lobwpha- sis), which has no less than thirty- two feathers in the tail, which, as Mr. Ogilvie-Grant says, is
. Natural history. Zoology. 236 AVES—ORDER -LoBED Pheasant (io6iop/iasis tinted gem, and then dropping stone-like, with closed wings, into the abyss below.'' The fire-backed pheasants (Acomus and Lophura) are inhabitants of the mountains of the Indo-Chinese provinces and the Malayan Peninsula and Islands. On the h igh mountains of North-Western Borneo, on the Lawas River and the region of Mount Dulit occurs one of the most remarkable of all game birds, the lobed pheasant (Lobwpha- sis), which has no less than thirty- two feathers in the tail, which, as Mr. Ogilvie-Grant says, is " by far the largest number of tail-feathers in the Phasianid(E. One of the eared phea- sants {CrossoptUum miritum) has twenty-four, and the smallest num- ber occurs in the painted quails {Excalfactoria), which have only eight! " The female of the lobed pheasant, however, has twenty- eight feathers only. The horns and wattles on the head show some sort of likeness to the naked ornaments found in the tragopans, but the style of plumage is in other respects entirely different. Like the tragopans, the lobed pheasant inhabits the mountains, but does not extend beyond 2,000 feet, and, according to Mr. C. Hose, it hves in the forest, and has the ways of a jungle-fowl. In these birds, which are remarkable for the long white tufts on the side of the head, whence tlie name of "eared" pheasants, the sexes are alike in colour. They are large birds, inhabiting the high mountains of Tibet, Western China, and Manchuria. They live in the woods at high elevations, and assemble in large flocks. The best-known species of Gennceiis is the silver pheas- ant, so often seen in aviaries. The kalijes inhabit the Himalayas and the hills of Assam and Burmah. In the Himalayas they are found at different elevations, from 1,000 up to 9,C00 feet. They are easily reared in captivity, and large numbers are snared by the natives. The black-backed kalij is described by Mr. Gammie, a well-k
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