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of the breast and belly has a very broad, pointed, ochraceous 

 streak, occupying quite half of the feather and in some cases 

 three-quarters, and mottled witli black. The feathers of the 

 sides of the body and flanks have bright ochraceous shaft- 

 streaks. 



Length of wing 9 inches, of tail 8*5 inches. The legs are 

 pale brown. 



Specimens of this pheasant have been sent to me by 

 Lieut. E,. Clifford, of the 22ad Punjabis, and I have much 

 pleasure in associating his name with the species. It occurs 

 in the Myitkyina District, east of the Irrawaddy river, 



Gennceus assunilisj sp. n. 



In the year 1826 Crawfurd went on a mission to the 

 Court of Ava and in the course of his travels met with a 

 pheasant, of which a coloured drawing was made. So far 

 as I can ascertain, nothing was known of this drawing till 

 Gould reproduced it in the background of his plate of 

 Dtardigallus prcelatus in his 'Birds of Asia.' I have often 

 looked at this drawing of GoukFs and wondered why the 

 aitist should have depicted the female of Gennceus rujipesj 

 the Huby Mines Pheasant, with flesh-coloured legs. The 

 mystery was cleared up when I received from the Ruby 

 Mines a bird which corresponded precisely with Gould's 

 figure. On writing to one of my correspondents, I learn 

 that there is in the Ruby Mines District a pheasant with pale 

 legs, very similar in other respects with the red-legged 

 species, and equally well known. I hope, therefore, soon to 

 acquire tlie male. 



'I'he female of the present species has the whole upper 

 ])lumage and the upper wing-coverts of a uniform umber-brown, 

 tiie shafts and the margins of tlie feathers somewliat paler ; 

 the crest a darker brown, vermiculated wnth black ; the upper 

 tail-coverts al.so thickly vermiculattd with dark brown. The 

 primaries are dark brown, mottled with fulvous on the outer 

 webs; the secondaries are umber-brown, vermiculated with 

 black. The tail-feathers are diagonally barred and vermicu- 

 lated with a combination of uinber-brown, fulvous, black, and 

 very pile buff, the inner webs being darker and more 

 coarsely maiked than the outer. The whole lower plumage 

 is dark blackish brown, each feather with two broad, zigzag, 

 V-shapcd marks of an ochraceous colour, the outer being 

 close to the edge of the feather, the inner much smaller and 

 frequently forming only an irregular and coarse streak on and 

 about the shaft. Length of Aving nearly 10 inches ; of tail 

 10 inches. The legs are flesh-coloured. 



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