72. THE CHIN-HILLS SILVER- 

 PHEASANT. 



Gennceus williamsi> n. sp. 



MALE : The mantle, back and rump black, 

 coarsely vermiculated with buff, the 

 feathers of the rump with a broad white 

 fringe preceded by a firm black band ; 

 the wing-coverts with five or six buff 

 lines on each web, parallel to the margin; 

 all the tail-feathers barred with buff. 



FEMALE : The two middle tail-feathers 

 chestnut, mottled with black ; the others 

 black, obliquely barred with white, these 

 white bars progressively decreasing in 

 number and extent, the outermost 

 feather becoming practically black. 



VERNACULAR NAME \-Yit, Burmese. 



CAPTAIN F. T. WILLIAMS has kindly 

 sent me a pair of Silver-Pheasants from 

 Kalewa on the Chindwin river in Upper 

 Burma. These birds, a male and a female, 

 are quite distinct from any species I 

 am acquainted with, and I have much 

 pleasure in associating Captain Williams's 

 name with this fine new Pheasant. The 

 two birds have been deposited in the 



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