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sometimes four, central tail feathers pure white and greatly length- 

 ened ; sides of neck pure white, the frecklings often absent even on 

 the nape just behind the crest. Below black, the feathers of the 

 sides of the breast barred, or lined, black and white. 



The number of bars and even their alignment varies in almost 

 every individual, and this species shows well how utterly useless was 

 Gates' attempt to divide species of Silver Pheasants according to the 

 number and alignment of the markings on the wing feathers. 



Adult female. — Upper parts olive brown with the crest somewhat 

 darker. While lower surface varying between olive grey-brown 

 to pure grej^-brown, the greater part of abdomen and flanks and 

 under tail coverts powdered with minute white specks, rather larger 

 and more definite on the under tail coverts than elsewhere. 



Tail very long as in rijoponi. Legs red. 



Distribution. — " South China, Fokien, Chinkiang " (Grant). The 

 Chinese Silver Pheasant appears to be found from latitude 28° to 

 about latitude 22^^ on the Western watershed of the Salwin, but not 

 in the lower lying country adjoining the river between 22° and 24°. 



Genn^us nycthemerus rufipes. 



The Unlnj Mines Silver Pheasant. 



S Plate ii, fig. 4 ; $ Plate iii, fig. 4. 



Oennmus rvfipes, Gates, Man. Game B., i, p. 362 (1898); 

 Gates, Ibis (1903) p. 97 ; Ghigi, Mem. Acad. Bologna (6) v, p. 139 

 (1908). 



Gennceus atlayi, Gates, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) v, p. 162 

 (1910). 



Gennwus granti, Gates, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) v, p. 163 

 (1910). 



Gennceus assimilis, Gates, Journ. Bomb. N. H. Soc, xvi, 

 p. 114 (1904; ; Gates, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) xiv, p. 286 

 (1904); Ghigi, Mem. Acad. Bologna (6) v, p. 141 (1908). 



Gennceus elegans. 



Gennceus affinis, Gates. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) xi, 

 p. 231 (1903); Ghigi, Mem. Acad. Bologna (6) v, p. 143 

 (1908). 



Type s , B. Mus., No. 96.1.15.1, Mogok, near Ruby Mines. 



Description : adult male. — Whole upper plumage barred black and 

 white, the latter gi-eatly preponderating, so that the general impres- 

 sion given by the bird at a distance is that it is nearly white above 

 and black below. Legs red. 



Female.' — General colour above rich olive brown, crest darker and 

 tail very richly barred and mottled with deep chestnut and blackish 

 brown, the outer tail feathers darker than the central ones. Under 



