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which were fah'ly typical sharpei, but the females of which shewed a 

 near approach to true nydhemeTUs. 



Nidification . — Nothing recorded. 



General HaJdts. — Nothing recorded. 



Apparently this bird is not uncommon between 2,500 and 4,500 

 feet on the Hill Ranges witliin the limits of jts habitat as described 

 above, but it is such a skulker that it is still very little known, even 

 by the few Eviropeans who have worked this part of the country. 

 Messrs. E. G. Herbert. Williamson and others have done their best 

 to obtain specimens, as also haye Kloss and Robinson, but with 

 little result. It would appear to be a form of lineatiis replacing 

 this bird in the higher, more open hills, especially on those hills 

 which have more or less wide expanses of grass-land covering their 

 crests and sides. 



They stand captivity well, and Mr. Herbert has been successful in 

 keeping adult birds for some time. 



Genn^us nycthemerus nycthemerus. 



The Chinese Silver Pheasant . 



Vhasianus nycthemerus, Linn. S. N., I., p. 272 (1768) ; Latham, lud. Orni. 

 II., p. 631 (1790). 



Euplocomus nycthejnerus, J. E. Gray, III., Ind. Zool., II., PI. 38, Fig. 2 

 (1834) ; Blyth, Cat. Mus. As. Soc, p. 244 (1849) ; Gray, Hand-L., II., p. 

 260 (1870). 



Gallophasis craivfurdii, Gray, Gen. Birds, III., p. 498 (1845). 



Gallophasis nycthemerus, Gray, Gen. Birds, III., p. 498 (184o). 



Euplocamus nycthemeruss, Gould, B. of A., VII., PI. XVII. (1859) ; 

 Elliot, Mon. Phas., II., PI. 21 (1872) ; David and Ous., Oiseaux Chine, p. 

 416 (1877). 



Genneeus nycthemerus, Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. Birds, B. M., XXII., p. 307 

 (1893) ; id., Hand-List Game-B., I., p. 277 (1899) : Gates, Cat. Eggs B. M., 

 I., p. 55 (1901) ; Ghigi, Mem. Acad. Bologna (6), V., p. 138 (1908) ; Ingram, 

 Nov. Zool., XIX., p. 270 (1912); Stuart Baker, Journal B. N.H. S., XXIII., 

 p. 679 (1915). 



Vernacular Names. — Yit {Burmese), Wuri (Kachin). 



Description — Adult Male. — Forehead, crown and crest black with a 

 strong pui-ple sheen ; nape to end of upper tail coverts white with from 

 5 to 7 narrow wavy lines of black on each web following the outline 

 of the feather, but completely dominated by the white ground ; on 

 the nape the lines are comparatively faint, and on the ear coverts and 

 sides of the neck obsolete or entirely wanting. Whole visible por- 

 tions of the wing like the back, but with only two to four lines on 

 each web of the feathers, and these lines stronger and bolder than 

 those on the back ; tail with the tM^o, three, or even four central 

 pail's white, with a few irregular broken longitudinal lines on the 

 bases of the outer webs, outermost tail feathers white with two or 

 three bold black lines on either web ; intermediate feathere grading 



