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morning and evening drink. Their flesh is said to be good, though 

 rather dry, and perhaps inferior to that of the Jungle Fowl shot in 

 the same jungles. 



Mr. J. P. Cook, writing from the same place as Capt. Fieldeu, 

 but in 1912, more than thirty years later, says that this pheasant is 

 still very common there, and that in a comparatively short time he 

 shot some thirty specimens, but could only preserve three, two males 

 and one female, lie found them frequenting either the same descrip- 

 tions of cover as that described by Capt. Fielden or in bamboo 

 covered slopes. They were most common between 1,000 and 2,000 

 feet, and did not appear to be birds of high elevation, though they 

 were, on the other hand, sometimes found on the plain at the foot of 

 the hills. 



Genn^us lineatus sharpei (Gates). 



GranVs Silvsr Pheasant. 



Gennceus sharpd, Gates, Man. Game-B. I., p. 357 (1398) ; Gates, Ibis 

 (1903), p. 101 ; Ghigi, Mem. Acad. Bologna (6), V., p. I'lO (1908); C. S. 

 Bartan, Journal Nat. His. See, Siam, 1.. p. 108 (1914); Stuart Baker, Jour, 

 B.N.H.S., XXIII., p. 078(1915); Guildenstolpe, Swedish Exped. Siam, p. 

 167 (1916). 



Vernacular Names. — Yit {l^vrmese). 



Description. — Adult Male. — Similar to the male of the Common 

 Burmese Silver Pheasant, but the lines on the upper siu-face are 

 well defined regular black and white lines following, for the most 

 part, the contour of the feathers ; even on the neck next the bare 

 crimson face the markings could hardly be called vermiculations, 

 whilst the lines on the sides of the neck lower down are quite dis- 

 tinct. At the same time the black bars and lines aT*e not so far 

 apart as they are in rufipes and, broadly speaking, sha/rpei may be 

 said to be more black and white than lineatus, but less white in 

 general appearance than rufipes and its other neighbours East and 

 North of it. 



Colours of Soft Parts. — 



" Facial skin deep crimson ; bill pale bluish horny ; legs and 

 " feet dark pinkish lleshy." (Davidson.) 

 " Legs reddish horny. " (Cook.) 



A male taken by Herbert's collectors at Korat is descinbed by 

 him as having the " facial skin red, irides brown, legs bright red." 



Measurements of Tijpe. — Total leneth SO'O" (Davidson). Wing 

 9-8" (249-0 mm'.) ; tail 13-9" (353-0 mm.) ; tarsus 3 4" (8G-3 

 mm.); spur 1-3" (33-0 mm.); bill i'rom forehead 1-4" (36-5 mm.) 

 and from gape 1-G" (40-G mm.) ; " Weight 2-75 lbs. " (Davidson). 



A second male procured by P. C. Cook, Esq., had a wing of 9*9" 

 (251-4 mm.) and a tail of 14-5" (348-3 mm.). The crest is shox-t, 

 2*5" (63-5 mm.) or under. 



