206 SCEMMERING'S PHEASANT. 



except those in the centre, banded towards the tip 

 with black ; the tip itself of the whole is white. 

 The rest of the plumage is varied with black and 

 reddish-brown ; the markings arranged in bars or 

 crescents, a good deal similar to that of the common 

 grey hen. 



We have here to notice another very interesting 

 bird, of which Mr Gould has given a figure in his 

 Century of Birds from the Himalayan mountains, 

 under the title of Phasianus Staceii. The head is 

 adorned with a considerable crest, and, with the neck, 

 is of a dull tawny yellow, every feather, except on 

 the cheeks and throat, being barred with black. The 

 quill feathers are marked with zigzag lines, and are 

 tipped with black ; the rump is rich red brown, ea ch 

 feather having two spots of black near the tip; the 

 tail is pale tawny, barred at regular distances with a 

 narrow and broad band of deep blackish-brown ; t'ne 

 under surface is pale tawny, barred on the back ; t\ie 

 bill and tarsi brown. The total length is about thr ee 

 feet four inches. 



Our next bird differs from the true or typi cal 

 pheasants, in being also crested, and in having the 

 tail in a manner folded, bending and very am pie. 

 By Temminck it is placed first among the pbeasai its, 

 after the Macartney Cock, with which he conclu des 

 his genus Gallus ; it is 



