The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society May 1919

Lophophorus selateri has the crest composed of short curly feathers in a dense mass over the anterior crown ; the naked part of the face is more extended and the tail is composed of 20 tail feathers and is much less graduated whilst the tips are square not pointed. [...] A few specimens have the feathers of the rump edged with copper ; the extent of the white on the back varies considerably and in the specimens first described was absent altogether. [...] As " the early morning sun was shining on the birds the sudden " appearance of the cock in the above performance was most "splendid to look upon the beautiful metallic hues of the wings " and throat with the pure white of the back and the chestnut " coloured tail spread like a fan behind shone out most gorg" ously. [...] He knows nothing and cares less about the natural history of the bird the skins pass through many hands before they reach the dealer on the London market and the native who in the first place supplies them only collects with a view to immediate profit and without thought to the future ; consequently he collects largely in the early part of the breeding season kills as many females—often sittin [...] To such the never-ending interest of the grand and wild scenery and magnificent mountains and forests loved by these noble birds in itself suffices and if in the course of one's climbs two or three of them fall to the gun well so much the added joy to the day's outing.