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dinally marked with wavy black bars, those on the outer web being much 

 broader than those on the inner. Length of wing 8*5 inches, of tail 9 - 5 inches. 

 The legs are of a brown colour . 



Both sexes of this pheasant were sent to me by Captain W. G. Nisbett from 

 the Katha District of Upper Burma. 



Gennoius Cliffordi, sp. n. 

 In this species the male is unique in being streaked with white on the mantle 

 and the female is remarkable in having black spots on some of the feathers 

 of the wing. 



In a very old male the head, crest, and the whole of the lower plumage are 

 glossy blue-black. The hind-neck and mantle are black, each feather with a 

 narrow streak, which is white mottled with black, and about an inch in length. 

 The upper back is plain black. The lower back and rump are black, 

 each feather with a white margin and one or two broken white vermiculations 

 just, above the margin. The primaries are dark brown ; the secondaries black, 

 with a few white specks on the margins of the outer webs of the outermost 

 feathers. The upper wing-coverts are black, a few of the lesser coverts with 

 white shaft-streaks ; the inner median and greater coverts with a very narrow 

 but conspicuous white margin. The middle tail-feathers are diagonally marked 

 with equal bands of black and white, the margin of the inner web being plain 

 white. The next feather is black, everywhere banded narrowly with white. 

 The next is blaek, sparingly marked with broken bars of white. The next, 

 again, is black with a little white at the base only. The four outer feathers are 

 plain black. The upper tail-coverts are black, covered with broken white 

 bands more or less parallel to the margin. 



Length of wing 10 inches, of tail nearly 16 inches. The legs are brown. 



A young male, with the spurs half-grown, has the plumage of the same cha- 

 racter as the bird just described, differing in some details. The streaks on the 

 mantle are large and triangular, extending in some cases to nearly the whole of 

 the feather, and the white much broken up. The upper wing-coverts are speck- 

 led with white, and the white margin to the inner median and greater coverts 

 is indistinct. T'\e visible portions of the rump-feathers are black with a broader 

 white margin, but lacking the broken white vermiculations above the margin. 

 On the other hand, there is much white speckling on the concealed portions 

 of the feathers. The middle tail-feathers, which have only a very slight curl 

 outwards, are black, very sparingly banded with white. The next three are 

 still more sparingly marked and the outer four are entirely black. 



Length of wing 9'5 inches, of tail nearly 10 inches. The legs are of a 

 brownish flesh-colour. 



The female has the upper plumage and wing-coverts of a russet-brown, 

 colour, each feather vermiculated with black, the shaft and the margin much 

 paler, some of the inner median and greater coverts with a black patch or large 

 spot near the tip of one or both webs. The primaries are brown ; the second- 

 aries brown, vermiculated with black and mottled with rufous, the innermost 



