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merely of a lighter sliade than tlie upper, and are not pure wliite ; 

 and by the length of the ears, wliich does not exceed 4 inches, while 

 in no specimen of the Indian Atiielope possessed by the Society, is 

 the length of these organs less than 5 inches. The latter circum- 

 stance is so remarkable, as to suggest the necessity of further in- 

 quiries into the history of the race from which this individual was 

 deri ved. Its age may be conjectured from the size of its horns, 

 which have niade two nearly complete turns, and are surrounded by 

 eighteen rings. 



Specimens were exhibited of the adult malė of the Hneated Phea- 

 sant, Phasianus lineatus, Lath,, and of two immature birds of the 

 šame species : for the whoIe of these the Society is indebted to 

 George Swinton, Esq., Corr. Memb. Z. S. The immature birds 

 died on their passage to this country ; the adult skin was obtained 

 from the Tennasserim coast. 



At the request of the Chairman, Mr. Gould made some observa- 

 tions on these specimens. The adult bird difFers in some particulara 

 from the description published by Dr. Latham. " Its totai length 

 is 2 feet 8 inches ; the length of the vvings, from the shoulder to the 

 end of the longest feather, 9 inches ; of the beak, from the gape to 

 the tip, l|inch; of the tarsus, 3į inches; and of the tail^ 1 foot 2 

 inches. 



" The beak is strong, and considerably arched ; the naked space 

 round the eye bright red, and covered with numerous^«;j?7te; the 

 head crested with long glossy blue-black feathers ; the back of 

 the neck, and whole of the upper surface, delicate grey, very nume- 

 rously bai'red with fine zigzag lines of black, which are broader on 

 the quill feathers ; the throat, breast, and belly, black; the sides of 

 the breast and flanks having vvhite lanceolate feathers with black 

 edges ; the tail, of eighteen feathers, very much graduated, and 

 arched, as in the Silver Pheasant, Phasianus Nycthemerus, Linn., the 

 outer edge of the two centre feathers, and the tips of the tvvo next, 

 being vvhite ; the remainder are alternately marked with irregular 

 lines of black and white, the black predominating ; and the legs 

 strong, of a reddish flesh colour, furnished with conical sharp 

 spurs. 



"The two immature birds are alike in colouring, and appear to 

 be malė and female. They differ very materiaily from the adult, 

 and very much resemble the female or the young malė of the Silver 

 'Pheasant. They are about 18 inches in length; wing, 84- inches; 

 tarsus, 2|-; beak, 1-į-; tail, 10. The head is crested with feathers 

 nearly 2 inches long, of a reddish brovvn, obscurely marked with mi- 

 nute zigzag lines of black ; the naked skin round the eye is not so 

 much developed as in the adult malė ; the neck, throat, breast, and 

 under parts are brovvn, each feather having a lancet-shaped mark of 

 vvhite ; the whole of the back and shoulders brovvn, minutely 

 sprinkled vvith a darker colour ; the quill-feathers brovvn, having 

 the outer edges barred vvith yellovvish vvhite ; thesecondaries brovvn, 

 with oblique, irregular, and narrovv lines of a lighter colour; the 



