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always be distinguished from the Falcon by the slenderness 

 of its legs ; and in this respect, as well as in the length of its 

 toes, our Sparrow-Hawk approaches the Peregrine. 



XLIII. — On a new Pheasant from the North-west Himalayas. 

 By Capt. G. F. L. Marshall. 



PUCEASIA BIDDULPHI, Sp. U. 



Male. Sides of the head and back of the neck dark metallic 

 green, with a blue gloss towards the neck; forehead and 

 crown green, turning into sandy brown ; mesial crest sandy 

 brown, with the lateral sincipital tufts black, tipped with 

 green. Sides of the neck white ; mantle black, some of the 

 feathers edged with stone-grey, and some with sandy brown. 

 Back grey, each feather with a black streak down the centre ; 

 upper tail-coverts and rump grey, each feather centred buff, 

 with a dark brown margin to the buff on each side. Tail — 

 central feathers reddish brown, mottled with black ; the re- 

 maining feathers deep brown, nearly black, mottled with 

 chestnut on the outer web at the basal half, tipped with white, 

 and narrowly edged with light brown. Throat and fore- 

 neck greenish black. Centre of breast and abdomen deep 

 chestnut, each feather narrowly margined with black; sides 

 of the breast grey, with a broad black central stripe and black 

 shaft to each feather ; flanks similar to the sides of the breast 

 in general style, but the feathers are white-shafted, and the 

 central stripe is much broader and has a brownish tinge 

 instead of being pure black. Thigh-coverts somewhat similar 

 to the flanks, but paler, and with a white central streak in 

 the brown. Under tail-coverts deep chestnut, with a broad 

 white tip, and a black bar dividing the white tip from the 

 chestnut. Scapularies and tertiaries brown, with yellowish- 

 brown edgings, and a narrow central streak of raw sienna, 

 pale-shafted. Wings — quills brown, broadly margined with 

 sandy yellow ; the greater coverts grey, narrowly centred with 

 black, and having the shafts tipped with white ; the lesser 

 coverts of the same type as the scapularies. 



