NEW SPECIES OF SILVER-PHEASANTS FROM BURMA. 11 



whole lower plumage is glossy black. Length about 24 inches ; wing 

 92 inches; tail 11 inches. Young males have the white vennicu- 

 lations on the upper plumage less firm, and the shafts of many of the 

 feathers of the breast are white. 



A hen bird which, there can belittle doubt, is the female of this 

 species has the crest umber-brown. Tho whole upper plumage is 

 umber-brown with pale shafts and greyish margins, very finely and 

 obsoletely vermiculated with black. The wing-coverts are tipped with 

 white and the longer feathers have a blackish patch in front of this 

 white tip. The primaries are brown, the outer webs paler than the 

 inner. The secondaries are brown, the outer webs vermiculated with 

 black. The two middle tail-feathers are pale chestnut mottled with 

 brown ; the others are black cross-barred with white. The whole 

 lower plumage is very dark brown, almost black on the breast, each 

 feather with a broad rufous- grey streak and a grey margin. Length 

 about 20 inches ; wing 8'5 inches ; tail 8'S inches. 



In both sexes the legs are of a brown colour in the dry skin. 



The male has a close general resemblance to the male of G. williamsi 

 but differs in many respects, among which may be noted the absence 

 of white bars or mottlings on the inner webs of the primaries, and the 

 aspect of the under surface of the closed tail which is black with little 

 or no trace of diagonal white barring. The female differs in having 

 the lower plumage of a dark-brown colour, not. umber-brown like the 

 upper plumage, and in having streaks, not mere pale shafts as in 

 G. williamsi. 



This species inhabits the Chin Hills and eastern slopes from Mount 

 Victoria to Fort White. I have received specimens from Mr. A. 0. 

 Bateman, Mr. P. F. Wickham and Mr. K. C. Macdonald, and I wish 

 this pheasant to bear the name of the last mentioned gentleman in 

 recognition of his kindness in sending me this and other Silver- 

 Pheasants. 



Genn-EUS batemani, sp. n. 



The male is black throughout with the exception of the rump, the 

 feathers of which are terminally fringed with white. Length about 

 26 inches ; wing 9 inches ; tail 13 inches. 



The female has the chin r.nd throat grey with paler shafts. The 

 general colour of the whole plumage, including the crest, is umber- 

 brown, each feather with a pale shaft and a white or greyish margin. 



