Kalij- and Silver-Pheasants. 341 



male bird sent by Dr. Anderson from the 

 Kachin Hills, and now in the British 

 Museum. The female is not known. 



The crest is black. The mantle, the 

 upper back and the wing-coverts are black, 

 each feather with several zigzag white 

 lines following the margin of the feather. 

 On the wing-coverts there are usually 

 three of these lines on each web, but on 

 the mantle and upper back five or six. 

 The quills in the closed wing are black, 

 obliquely barred with white. The feathers 

 of the lower back and rump are black, 

 vermiculated rather widely with white 

 lines. Each feather has a white fringe 

 preceded by a black band, the latter 

 occupying the space between the fringe 

 and the first vermiculation. The two 

 middle tail-feathers are black with 

 numerous white lines more or less parallel 

 to the shaft ; the others are marked in a 

 similar manner, but progressively with 

 fewer white lines, the three outer pairs 

 becoming practically black throughout. 

 The whole lower plumage is glossy black. 



Length about 24 ; wing nearly 9^ ; tail 

 about ii. The skin of the face appears 

 to have been crimson and the legs 

 flesh-coloured. 



