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of the feathers. The quills of the wing 

 are barred and mottled with rufous on 

 both webs. The longer tail-coverts are 

 white margined with chestnut and tipped 

 white. The general aspect of the lower 

 plumage is smoky grey, each feather rather 

 paler towards its tip. The sides of the 

 body are adorned with grey spots, each 

 of which has a whitish centre, and each 

 feather has moreover a broad edging of 

 maroon. 



The British Museum does not possess 

 a female bird of this species, and I am 

 indebted to the Hon. Walter Rothschild 

 for the loan of two specimens of this sex. 

 These birds closely resemble the female 

 Crimson Horned Pheasant, and do not 

 require a separate detailed description. 

 They are, as already pointed out by 

 Messrs. Hume and Marshall, rather darker 

 above, being decidedly blackish ; and the 

 patches or streaks on the feathers of the 

 lower plumage are of a greyish creamy 

 instead of a buff colour. I can discover 

 no other differences that appear to be 

 constant. 



Length of the male about 24; wing 

 about to; tail about 7I ; legs brown; 

 irides brown ; the naked skin round the 

 eye orange ; the horns blue, and the gular 



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