Kalij- and Silver- Pheasants. 343 



British Museum (Natural History), South 

 Kensington. 



The Chin-Hills Silver-Pheasant, there is 

 little doubt, will prove to be the Silver- 

 Pheasant of the whole of the Chin-Hills, 

 extending a considerable distance north 

 and south of the latitude of Kalewa, and 

 it is to be hoped that other specimens 

 may soon find their way to England. 



In the male, the crest is glossy black. 

 The mantle, the back and the rump are 

 black, with a blue gloss on the mantle 

 and back, coarsely vermiculated with buff, 

 the lines being more or less across the 

 shaft of the feather. Each feather of 

 the lower back and rump is terminated 

 by a broad white fringe, one-fifth of an 

 inch wide, preceded by a firm black band 

 occupying the space between the fringe 

 and the first vermiculation. The wing- 

 coverts are black with five or six buff 

 lines on each web, these lines being 

 parallel to the margin of the feather. 

 The exposed part of the quills of the 

 wing are obliquely barred. The tail is 

 black, obliquely barred with buff on all 

 the feathers ; the inner web of the middle 

 pair of feathers more densely barred 

 with buff than the others. The entire 

 lower plumage is glossy bluish black. 



