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of the feathers. The quills of the wing 

 are barred and mottled with rufous on 

 both webs. The longer tail-coverts are 

 white margined with chestnut and tipped 

 white. The general aspect of the lower 

 plumage is smoky grey, each feather rather 

 paler -towards its tip. The sides of the 

 body are adorned with grey spots, each 

 of which has a whitish centre, and each 

 feather has moreover a broad edging of 

 maroon. 



The British Museum does not possess 

 a female bird of this species, and I am 

 indebted to the Hon. Walter Rothschild 

 for the loan of two specimens of this sex. 

 These birds closely resemble the female 

 Crimson Horned Pheasant, and do not 

 require a separate detailed description. 

 They are, as already pointed out by 

 Messrs. Hume and Marshall, rather darker 

 above, being decidedly blackish ; and the 

 patches or streaks on the feathers of the 

 lower plumage are of a greyish creamy 

 instead of a buff colour. I can discover 

 no other differences that appear to be 

 constant. 



Length of the male about 24; wing 

 about i.o ; tail about 7^ ; legs brown; 

 irides brown ; the naked skin round the 

 eye orange ; the horns blue, and the gular 



