316 BIRDS OF BRITISH BURMAH. 



Tenasserim Mr. Davison observed it on Mooleyit mountain; and Mr. Hume 

 subsequently received a specimen from the foot of Nwalabo mountain. 

 Capt. Bingham shot it in the Sinzaway Forest Reserve near Pahpoon ; and 

 he states that it occurs in the Thoungyeen valley. 



To the north it extends through the Indo-Burmese countries to the hill- 

 tracts of Eastern Bengal and to the Bhootan Doars. To the west it is 

 found in Siam ; but Dr. Tiraud does not record it from Cochin China. It 

 is not known to occur in any portion of the Malay peninsula ; nor, in f act, 

 has it been procured south of Tavoy. 



This Peacock Pheasant appears to frequent only the thickest forests, and 

 chiefly those which grow on hilly or broken ground. It is extremely shy, 

 and difficult to shoot. The cry of this bird is said by Mr. Davison to 

 resemble the words qua-qua-qua frequently repeated. 



I have recently described a Peacock Pheasant from Bhamo under the 

 name of P. Helena (Ibis, 1883, p. 136, pi. v.) . It may possibly be found 

 in Arrakan or some other portion of Burmah. It differs from P. thi- 

 betanum in having the ocelli of the upper plumage violet, not surrounded 

 by a buff annular ring, but bounded above and below by a white band ; the 

 spots on the tail are deep violet, not metallic green. 



Subfamily PHASIANIN^E. 

 Genus EUPLOCAMUS, Temm. 



674, EUPLOCAMUS LINEATUS. 

 THE LINEATED SILVER PHEASANT. 



Phasianus lineatus, Lath, in Vig. P. Z. S. 1831, p. 24. Euplocamus lineatus, 

 Elliot, Mon. Phas. ii. pi. 23 (part.) ; Hume, Nests and Eggs, p. 525 ; id. S. F. iii. 

 p. 165 ; Anders. Yunnan Exped. p. 669 (part.) ; Hume 8f Dav. S. F. vi. p. 436 ; 

 Hume, 8. F. viii. p. 110 ; Hume fy Marsh. Game Birds, i. p. 205, pi. ; Bingham, 

 S. F. ix. p. 195; Oates, S. F. x. p. 236. Nycthemerus lineatus, Bl $ 

 Wold. B. Burm. p. 149. Gennseus lineatus, Oates, S. F. v. p. 164. 



Description. Male. Forehead, crown, crest, chin, throat and the whole 

 lower plumage black ; the sides of the breast and of the body streaked 

 with white ; the forehead and feathers above the red facial skin stippled 

 with white dots ; sides of the head and neck, the hind neck, the whole 

 upper plumage and wing-coverts black, finely and closely vermiculated 

 with white ; wings and tail the same, but the wavy bars of white broader 

 and not so close ; the central pair of tail-feathers almost entirely white on 



