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died thirty or more years ago ; but there 

 seems reason to believe that these three 

 specimens came from Arrakan. 



Of these birds, one, in my opinion, 

 clearly belongs to our next species, 

 the South-Arrakan Silver-Pheasant. The 

 other two may, I think, represent the 

 Silver-Pheasant of Northern Arrakan, for 

 they are quite distinct from any other 

 Burmese species ; and we know of no 

 bird of this group from the large tract of 

 country termed Northern Arrakan. A 

 distinct species of Silver-Pheasant may very 

 well be expected to occur in this part of 

 Burma, and by admitting these birds into 

 my list I am in hopes that sportsmen 

 may assist in clearing up the matter. 



On the assumption, therefore, that our 

 two birds, a male and a female, represent 

 the North-Arrakan species, I shall pro- 

 ceed to describe them : — 



The male has the crest glossy black. 

 The whole upper plumage and the visible 

 portions of the closed wings are glossy 

 bluish black with very fine, numerous, 

 pale buff vermiculations, more or less 

 across the shaft. These vermiculations 

 are so fine that they may be said to 

 consist of a series of minute dots. Each 

 feather of the rump and lower back has 



