Major-Gen. Hardwicke on two new Birch from Nepaul. lG7 



and its surface covered with fine granulated papillœ. The base 

 of the bill is covered with a cere, but not coloured ; the pupil 

 of the eye round and black, the irides brown, surrounded exter- 

 nally with a narrow ring of black . 



The legs are gray, rather short for the size of the bird, and 

 armed with one awl-shaped spur upon each. 



The plumage is a handsome mixture of gray, light- brown, and 

 black ; the first being limited to the head, the breast, and part 

 of the abdomen. The brown prevails on all the upper parts 

 (except the head), and the feathers are margined with lunate- 

 shaped bars of black, extending to the superior coverts of the 

 tail. This last is cuneiform, consisting of twelve or fourteen 

 unequal feathers, lying in two inclined planes, the two middle- 

 most greatly longer than the others, and all handsomely crossed 

 with sti'aight bars of black on a light- brown ground. 



The colour of the head is darker, inclining to black ; and from 

 the crown of the head to the occiput rise a few long slender 

 feathers with broader tips, forming a crest inclined backward. 



This bird bears the Bengal climate very well, and with little 

 care and trouble might be brought alive to England. The hen 

 differs but little from the male, — wanting the crest and spurs, — 

 and the females yet seen wanted the two long feathers of the 

 tail. 



Genus. Puasianus. Aiict. 



Gardneri. p. supra brunneus, fcrrugineo iindulatim sparsus ; 

 capite, collo anterior i, abdomineque rufescenti' 

 bus, hujus plumis in medio pallidè ferrugineo- 

 lineato. 



This singular bird is a native of the Snowy Mountains north 

 of the valley of Nepaul, and was procured through the zealous 

 exertions of my friend Dr. Nathaniel Wallich, aided by the 



influence 



