Columba superciliaris, Wagler, Syst. Av. Columba, p. 256,1827, ex Edwards.
Monomis perpvlchra, Hodgs., in Gray's Zool. Misc., p. 85, 1844.
Chalcophaps indica, Gray, List, Gallina, &c., B. M., p. 18, 1844; id., Gen. B., vol. ii, p. 477, 1846;
Bonap. Consp., t. ii, p. 91, 1854; Gray, Cat. Columba, B. M., p. 59, 1856; Jerdon, B. Ind.,
vol. iii, p. 484, 1864 ; Pelz., Reis. Nov. Yog., p. 109, 1805 ; Schl., N. T. D., t. iii, p. 265,
1866; Gray, Handl. B., vol. ii, p. 244, 1870; Swinhoe, Proc. Zool. Soc., 1871, p. 397;
Walden, Trans. Zool. Soc., vol. viii, p. 86, 1872; Schl., Mus. P.-B. Cohmba, p. 145, 1873»
Ball, Stray Feathers, 1878, p. 80 ; Hume, Stray Feathers, 1874, pp. 269, 481; Nests and
Eggs, Ind. B., p. 509, 1873; Ball, I. c ., p. 425; Salvad., Ucc. Born, p. 299, 1874; Hume,
Stray Feathers, 1875, p. 165; id,, Blyth 8c Walden, Joum. As. Soc., Bengal, vol. xliv, ex.
No., p. 147, 1875; Hume, Stray Feathers, 1876, p. 404; Tweedale, Ibis, 1877, p. 822.
Peristera bomensis, Müller, MS. in Mus. Ludg.
Chalcophaps bomensis, Bonap., C. R., xliii, pp. 947,949,1856; Wall., Ibis, 1868, p. 393.
Chalcophaps javanica, Bonap., C. R., xlii, p. 949, 1856.
Chalcophaps javanensis, Gray, Handl. B., vol. ii, p. 245, 1870.
Chalcophaps formosana, Swinhoe, Ibis, 1865, p. 357.
Chalcophaps pileata, Gray, Handl., vol. ii, p. 245, 1870.
a. $ Katha, 19th January 1868.
Order GALLINA).
Family—PHASIAN IBM .
Genus P a v o , Linn.
183. P a v o MUTicirs, Linn,
l e Paon de Japon, Briss. Om., t. i, p. 289,1760.
Le Spici/ère, Buff., Hist. Nat. Ois., t . ii, p. 866, 1771.
Pavo muticus, Linn., Syst. Nat., vol. i, p. 268, 1766; Vig., Mem. Raffles, p. 676, 1830; Gray,
Gen. B., vol. iii, p. 494, 1845; Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc., Bengal, p. 239, 1849 ; Sclater,
Proc. Zool. Soc., 1868, p. 128 ; Gray, List Gall., B. M. Coll., p. 22, 1867 ; id., Handl. B,,
vol. ii, p. 256, 1870; Elliot, Monogr. Phas„ vol. i, pi. v, 1872.
Pavo spicifer, Shaw & Nodd., Nat. Misc., pi. 641, 1804 ; Gray, List B. Brit, Mus., vol. iii, p. 22,
1844.
Pavo aldrovandi, Wils. 111. Zool., pis. xiv, xv, 1881.
Pavo spiciferus, Vieill., Gall. Ois., t . x, p. 14, pi. 202, 1834.
Spiciferus muticus, Bonap., C. R., xlii, p. 878, 1856,
a. S Upper defile of Jrawady, February 1868,
This peafowl is common in Upper Burma, wherever there is forest and water.
I t is very partial to the sides of streams, and in early morning, and evening, its
loud call is a familiar sound on the hanks of the Irawady for many miles below
and above Bhamò. I t is found along the wooded banks of the Tapeng as far as
the base of the hills.
These birds spend the greater part of the day in the trees, but, at early morning
and in the evening, betake themselves to the river banks and to open spots in the
forest to feed. In the neighbourhood of Bham6 they may be found at these times
on some strip of well-watered paddy land, a little way into the forest to the
south-east of the town. Before sun-rise, I have observed them on the high trees,
feathering themselves and waking the forest with their call. They are very wary,
and when disturbed, they do not, as a rule, fly far, hut make for some lofty tree
close at hand.
Genus G a l l t j s , Linn,.
184. G a l l u s f e b r u g i n e u s , Gmelin.
Le grand Caille de la Chine, Sonn., Yoy. Ind., t. ii, p. 171, 1782.
Hackled part/ridge, Lath., Syn., vol. ii, p t. 2, p. 766, pi. lxvi, 1788,
Tel/rao ferrugineus, Gm., Syst. Nat., vol. i, p. 761, 17-88.
Phasiamus gallus, 6m., Syst. Nat., vol. i, p. 787, 1788.
Perdix ferruginea, Lath., Ind. Orn., vol. ii, p. 651, 1790.
Gallus bankiva, Temm., Pigeons e t Gallin., t. iii, p. 654,1815; Jerdon & Selb., 111. Orn., pi. 139,
1880; Less., Tr. d'Orn., p. 491, 1881; Hodgs., in Gray's Zool. Misc., p. 851, 1844; Cass.,
ü . S. Expl. Exp. Orn., p. 289, 1858; Sd., Proc. Zool. Soc., 1863, p. 122; Wallace, t. c.,
p. 486.
Gallus ferrugineus, Blyth, Ann. Nat. Hist. (2), vol. i, p. 455, 1848; id., Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc.,
Bengal, p. 242, 1849; Bonap., C. R., xlii, p. 879, 1856; Adams., Proc. Zool. Soc., 1859,
p. 185; Irby, Ibis, 1861, p. 234; Jerdon, B. Ind., vol. iii, p. 586, 1864; Gray, List, B.
Brit. Mus., p. 87, 1867; Blyth, Ibis, 1867, p. Ip 4 ; Beavan, Ibis, 1868, p. 381; Gray,
Handl. B., vol. ii, p. 261, 1870; Godwin-Austen, Joum. A s .‘Soc., Bengal, vol. xxxix,
p. 272, 1870; Hume, Nests and Eggs, Ind. B., p. 528, 1878; Ball, Stray Feathers, 1874,
p. 426; Hume, t . c ., p. 48 2 ; Elliot, Monogr. Phasianida, vol. ii, pi. xxxii; Hump, Stray
Feathers, 1875, p. 171; Blyth & Walden, Joum. As. Soc., Bengal, vol. xliv, extra No.,
p. 148, 1875; Hume, Stray Feathers, 1875, p. 171; Armstrong, op. cit., p. 876, p. 888;
Godwin-Austen, Joum. As. Soc., vol. xlv, 1876, p. 88; Dresser, Ibis, 1876, p. 824; W.
Ramsay, Ibis, 1877, p. 468; Hume, Stray Feathers, 1877* p. 4 4 ; Oates, op. cit., p. 164.
Gallus (Bankiva) dmesticus, Severtzoff, Jevotn. Turkest., 1878, p. 68.
a. d. & $ Bhamö, February 1868.
6. S Ponsee, 18th March 1868.
As stated by Blyth, the Indian birds are slightly paler than those from Assam
and the countries to the south and east, but in no other respect do they appear to
differ from one another. This species extends to the east of the Kakhyen hills, and
is very plentiful in Upper Burma. On one occasion near Bhamd I saw a solitary
cock with more than one hen and a number of young birds.
Genus E u p l o c a m u s , Temminck.
185. E u p l o c a m u s l in e a t u s , Vigors.
Phasianns leucomelanos, Lath., Ind. Orn., vol. ii, p. 688, 1790.
Monaulus melanion, Vieill., Tabl. Enc. M6th. Om., t. i, p. 66, 1820.
Lophophorus cuvieri, Temm., PI. Col., t. v, pi. i (1820 hybrid)....