75. THE SOUTH-ARRAKAN 

 SILYER-PHEASANT. 



Gentians oatesi^ Ogilvie Grant. 



MALE :— The whole upper plumage black, 

 very finely vermiculated with white ; 

 the feathers of the rump with a narrow 

 white fringe, not preceded by any black 

 band, the first vermiculation being 

 almost in contact with the fringe and 

 the others closely following. 



FEMALE :— The tail chestnut throughout, 

 with black oblique lines and mottlings 

 which decrease in number progressively 

 from the middle to the outer feathers. 



Vernacular Name -.— Yit, Burmese. 



The ^South-Arrakan Silver-Pheasant is 

 abundant along the road which crosses 

 the Arrakan hills from a point on the 

 Irrawaddy river, opposite Prome, to Tong- 

 hoop on the Arrakan coast. It is not 

 known how far to the south and north of 

 this road the present species is found. 



The following is a description of a pair 

 of these birds shot in a wild state, the 

 skins of which are in the British Museum. 

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