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THE BARRED-TAILED PHEASANT. 



Phasianus superbus, LATHAM. 

 PLATE XVI. 



Barred-tailed Pheasant, Latham's General History, vol. 

 viii. p. 196 Phasianus superbus, Faisan superbe, Tem- 

 minck, Pigeons et Gallinaces, ii. 336 Faisan venere, Pha- 

 sianus veneratus, Temminck, Planches Colorizes, pi. 

 485. 



FROM Temminck's own shewing, this is the Pha- 

 sianus superbus of his former work, and of Latham's 

 General History. Why he changes the name to that 

 of veneratus, which was engraved on the accompany- 

 ing plate, before enquiring into the matter, we do 

 not know ; and seeing no reason for it, we have now 

 retained the original one, already introduced into 

 many works of natural history. 



Dr Latham's original description of this very 

 splendid bird, was taken from one of the drawings 

 of Sir J. Anstruther ; from the writing beneath it in 

 the Persian language, it was called Doom-durour, 

 (long-tail), and was found on the snowy mountains of 

 Surinagur. Temminck's first description, amounted 

 only to that of two of the tail feathers, but having 

 since procured two entire specimens, he has been en- 



