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The wings coverts are conspicuously tipped with white. The primaries 

 are plain brown. The whole plumage is finely vermiculated with black. 

 The two mid lie tail-feathers are chestnut, either plain or finely barred 

 with black ; the others are plain black. Length about 21 inches ; 

 wing 8'5 inches ; tail 9 inches. 



In the adult male the legs are light green ; iris hazel ; bill greenish 

 Nisbett). In a female the legs were brownish blue ; iris hazel ; weight 

 2| lbs. (Nisbett). 



The male of this species differs from the male of G. hnrsfieldi in 

 having a pointed and much longer tail of 13 inches against a tail of 1 0*5 

 inches in the oldest male of G. horsfie'di that I have been able to 

 examine. It also differs in having the rump-fringes narrower, thus 

 causing the rump to exhibit more black than white, whereas in G. 

 horsfieldi the contrary is the case, the fringes being so broad that the 

 rump appears more white than black. 



The female differs from the female of G. horsfieldi in having the tail 

 constantly longer by half an inch. 



Many years ago, just after the annexation of Upper Burma, a collec- 

 tor that I sent to Bhamo brought me a pair of Silver-Pheasants. The 

 male was young, as shewn by the rufous margins to many of the 

 feathers of the upper plumage, and the tail was short. Ever since I 

 got this bird I have been much puzzled by its narrow rump-fringes 

 which I could not match with any specimen of G. horsfieldi, young or 

 old, from Assam and Munipur. Quite recently, however, Mr. R. 

 Clifford sent me a fine old male of this species from Sad one and Captain 

 Nisbett has also sent an old male and a female from the Myitkyina 

 district and also a female from Katha. The six birds thus available for 

 study, establish the fact that G. batemani, which 1 have named after 

 my friend and correspondent Mr. A. C. Bateman, is a perfectly recog- 

 nizable and distinct specie?, taking the place of G. horsfieldi in the 

 Katha, Myitkyina and Bhamo districts. 



