E. Ind. Also kallege. [a. Hindī kālij (Yule).] An Asiatic pheasant of the genus Euplocamus or Gallophasis, found in the Himalayan region. (Corruptly college-pheasant.)
1864. Owen, Power of God, 43. Peacocks and kaleeges are indigenous to Southern Asia and its islands.
1886. Yule & Burnell, Anglo-Ind. Gloss., College-Pheasant.… The name … for the birds of the genus Gallophasis of Hodgson, intermediate between the Pheasants and the Jungle-fowls.
1893. Newton, Dict. Birds, Kallege or Kalij.
