77. THE RUBY-MINES SILVER- 

 PHEASANT. 



Gennceus rufipes^ n. sp. 



MALE : The whole upper plumage white; 

 the web of each feather with four or five 

 black lines, parallel to the margin of 

 the feather ; tail 18 inches in length or 

 more ; legs red. 



FEMALE : Not known. 

 VERNACULAR NAME : Ytt, Burmese. 



WHEN I visited the Ruby-Mines in 1895, 

 I acquired a specimen of this very distinct 

 species. Having at the time no means 

 of comparing it with other species of this 

 group, I identified it with G. andersoni 

 when writing my list of the Birds from 

 the Ruby-Mines (Journ. Bom. N.H. x., 

 p. 112). 



This Pheasant occurs in the Ruby- 

 Mines District, and it will probably be 

 found also in the mountains of the 

 southern parts of the Bhamo District and 

 throughout the Northern Shan States. 



The allied Chinese Silver-Pheasant may 

 be observed hereafter in the eastern parts 

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