204 THE BARRED-TAILED PHEASANT. 



the same colour; the middle of the belly, breast, 

 thighs, and under tail-coverts, deep black ; the latter 

 spotted with golden yellow. The tail is composed 

 of eighteen feathers, which fold over each other, and 

 when closed appear very narrow ; at the base they are 

 about two inches in breadth, of a greyish white, 

 clouded with a golden red upon the edges, and cross- 

 ed on each side of the shaft with alternate crescent- 

 shaped bars, brown at the shaft, and chestnut-co- 

 loured at the edge. Temminck counted upon the 

 feathers of his specimen above four feet in length, 

 forty-seven of these bands. The feet and legs are 

 greyish brown, and are armed with spurs, like the 

 greater number of the genus. 



