Mr. J. Gould on two new species of Pucrasia. 2^ 



feathers of the upper part of the back black, stained with chestnut 

 on the outer web and margined with grey ; lower part of the back 

 and rump grey, fading into white on the edges, and with a narrow 

 streak of blackish-brown down the shaft ; wing-coverts dark brown, 

 largely edged with greyish and ashy-brown ; primaries brown on the 

 inner margins, cream-white on the outer ones ; feathers of the lower 

 part of the abdomen brownish-black, edged with whitish ; under tail- 

 coverts chestnut, with a black line down the centre, and fringed with 

 white at the tip ; upper tail-coverts ashy-grey, with a broad mark of 

 blackish-brown down the centre, but not extending to the tip ; tail- 

 feathers black, the central ones broadly margined with grey freckled 

 with black, the remainder fringed with whitish at the tip ; bill black ; 

 feet horny-brown. ^^., 



Total length, 23 inches ; wing, 9f ; tail, 10|-; tarsi, 2f. 



Hab. Kafiristan. 



Remark. — This species is altogether a stouter and larger bird than 

 Pucrasia macrolopha. v/j^ii x 



Mr. Gould further remarked that, upon a careful examination and 

 comparison of the Pheasants from Nepaul, which have usually been 

 considered as identical with the P. macrolopha, with true examples 

 of that species, he found them to differ so considerably, that he felt 

 justified in characterizing the Nepaulese birds as distinct, under the 

 name of 



Pucrasia Nipalensis. 



Forehead, cheeks, chin and lengthened portion of the crest deep 

 shining green ; hinder part of the head and the shorter portion of the 

 crest buff, with lighter shafts, the two colours blending on the occi- 

 put ; on each side of the neck an oval spot of white ; feathers of the 

 sides and back of the neck and upper part of the back brownish- 

 black, with a narrow mark of rich chestnut down the centre, and 

 edged with rufous or whitish ; feathers of the lower part of the back 

 brownish-black, with white shafts and edges ; wing-coverts brownish- 

 black, with white shafts and margins ; scapularies broadly margined 

 with deep reddish-buff ; primaries brown on the internal web, deep 

 buff on the outer ; tertiaries pale chestnut, mottled with black along 

 the shaft and towards the edge, which is sandy-buff; throat, centre 

 of the breast and abdomen rich chestnut ; flank-feathers brownish- 

 black with white shafts, bordered on each side by a very fine line of 

 chestnut, and narrowly edged with grey, the markings becoming 

 larger and paler behind the thigh ; under tail-coverts lively chestnut, 

 with an oval spot of white at the tip of each ; centre tail-feathers ru- 

 fous, stained with black near the shaft, the remainder black on the 

 inner web and at the tip, the outer webs chestnut, which colour curves 

 round into and occupies a portion of the internal web near the tip ; 

 all fringed with white at the tips ; bill black ; feet horny-brown. 



Total length, 20f inches ; wing, S^ ; tail, 9 ; tarsi, 2|. 



Hah. Nepaul and Bhotan. 



Remark. — In size this bird is the smallest of the three species of 



