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east of Bhamo, where he procured a Hve 

 specimen which was kept in Calcutta for 

 some time. A drawing of this bird, made 

 by a native artist, was sent to Mr. Elliot, 

 who described the bird under the name 

 of Euplocavms a?iderso?ii {V.Z.^. 187 1, p. 

 137). Subsequently the skin of this very 

 same bird was sent to Mr. Elliot, who 

 re-described and figured it in his " Mono- 

 graph of the Pheasants," (ii., pi. xxii). The 

 two descriptions of this bird by Mr Elliot 

 differ from each other in a very important 

 particular. In the first description (taken 

 from the drawing) a portion of the plumage 

 is thus described : " entire upper parts 

 greyish white, each feather having three 

 or more black lines running parallel to 

 the edge, and meeting towards the end." 

 This description can only mean that the 

 whole upper plumage was uniformly 

 marked, and that the rump differed in 

 no respect from the back. 



In the second description (taken from 

 the skin) Mr. Elliot says that the '' feathers 

 of the rump are like the back, but fringed 

 with white, which overlaps the feather 

 beneath and gives this part a beautiful 

 silvery appearance." From this it seems 

 clear that the rump presented a markedly 

 different appearance to the back. 



