LADY AMHERST'S PHEASANT. 211 



male specimens presented by the King of Ava to 

 Sir J. Campbell, who gave it to Lady Amherst. 



" The feathers on the top of the head are green ; 

 the crest-feathers are crimson, and 2^- inches in 

 length ; the pendant tippet is of a beautiful white, 

 each feather tipped with a dark green circular band, 

 with a straight band of the same colour across each 

 feather, about three-eighths of an inch above the end ; 

 the whole depth of this tippet is 5^ inches, the long- 

 est feathers 4^ inches ; the neck, back, shoulders, 

 chest, and wing-coverts are of a beautiful metallic 

 green, each feather ending in a broad zone of velvet 

 black ; the wing primaries dusky, with lighter colour- 

 ed shafts, and white outer edges ; the greater wing- 

 coverts and secondaries bluish-black ; the breast and 

 belly white ; thighs and under- tail- coverts mottled 

 dark brown and white ; the legs light blue. The 

 feathers on the rump are brown at the base, green 

 in the middle, the remaining most exposed portion 

 of a bright saffron-yellow ; the tail-coverts are also 

 brown at the base, the centre portion barred green 

 and white, ending in scarlet ; these feathers elongated 

 to the extent of 10 inches, as their plan of insertion 

 approaches that of the true tail primaries ; the first 

 tail primary measures only 29 inches, the plume 1^ 

 inch in depth, of a beautiful white ground, with 

 broad bars of green about three-fourths of an inch 

 apart, extending in the direction of the web, and 

 mottled across from bar to bar ; the third and fourth 

 primaries are the longest, and measure 38 inches 



