76. THE LINEATED SILYER- 

 PHEASANT. 



Gennceus lineatus, (Vigors). 



MALE : — The whole upper plumage black, 

 uniformly and finely vermiculated with 

 white, the lines being across the shafts 

 or slightly oblique ; with white streaks 

 on the lower plumage ; no fringes on 

 the rump. 



FEMALE:— The neck and mantle with 

 spearhead-shaped white marks ; the 

 inner quills of the wing without any 

 buff bars. 



Vernacular Names:— F//, Burmese; 

 Smklouk, Talain ; Poogik, Karen. 



The Lineated Silver-Pheasant appears to 

 have a wider distribution than any of the 

 other Silver- Pheasants : a fact probably 

 due to its being a bird of the low country. 

 The range of this species extends from 

 the southern coast-Hne of Pegu, probably 

 up to about the first defile of the 

 Irrawaddy river, where the hills close in 

 on both sides, and the country in the 

 immediate vicinity of the river becomes 

 mountainous and bars the further pro- 

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