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of tlie breast and belly has a very broad, pointed, ocliraceous 

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

 three-quarters, and mottled with black. T'he feathers of the 

 sides of the body and flanks have bright ochraceous shaft- 

 streaks. 



Leno'th 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 22nd Punjabis, and I have much 

 pleasure in associating his name with the species. It occurs 

 in the Myitkyina District, east of the Irrawaddy river. 



Gemiceus assimi'lis, 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 

 Diardigalhis prceJatus in his 'Birds of Asia.' I have often 

 looked at this drawing of Gould's and wondered why the 

 aitist should have depicted the female of Oennceus rujipesj 

 the liuby 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 

 iigure. 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 the male. 



'ilie female of the present species has the whole upper 

 plumage and the upper wing-coverts of a uniform umber-brown, 

 the shafts and the margins of the feathers somewhat paler; 

 the crest a darker brown, vermiculatcd with black ; the upper 

 tail-coverts also thickly verniiculated witii 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 umber-brown, fulvous, black, and 

 very } ale biifi^, 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-shaped marks of an ochraceous colour, the outer being 

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

 irequently forming only an irregular and coarse streak on and 

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

 10 inches. The Ices are flesh-coloured. 



