130 Mr. LEADBEATER on an undescribed 
many of which, I have reason to believe, are as yet unknown to 
European naturalists. 
The dimensions of various parts of this Pheasant are as fol- 
lows: 
3 Inches. 
Length from point of the beak tothe gape. . 12 
from the beak to the rump |... . . . 13 
Longest tail-feather . . cr: BS 
Point of the beak to the end of the tail por 1 9I 
Height of the bird when standing . . . . . = 
Length of the tarsus... eT eee os 
Length of middle toe and SU NEES OL. di 
Length af the back ioo o te, eion 2 
Length.of the other toes, each! ...... 9.0 .-+) odè d£ 
Spurs small and short. 
The general character of this bird and the arrangement of 
its plumage is similar to that of our well-known Golden Phea- 
sant. 
The irides are white, and the naked part surrounding the 
eyes of a light verditer blue. 
The feathers « on 1 the top of the head are green; the crest- 
feathers crimson, and 21 inches in length; the pendant tippet 
is of a eee "white; each: feather tipped with a dark-green 
circular band, with a straight band of the same colour across 
each feather about 2ths of an inch above the end; the whole 
depth of this tippet is 51 inches, the longest feathers 44 inches ; 
the neck, back, shoulders, chest and wing-coverts, are of a 
beautiful metallic green, each feather ending in a broad zone 
of velvet black ; the wing primaries dusky, with lighter-coloured . 
shafts, and white outer edges; the greater wing-coverts and 
secondaries bluish-black ; the breast and belly white; thighs 
and 
