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Types in Paris Miiseum brought from Annam by Monsieur Bel. 



Descrijjtion : adult onale. — Very similar to sliarpei, but perhaps 

 somewhat more boldly marked and with the black rather more pro- 

 nounced on the wing feathers in comparison with the upper plum- 

 age. It differs principally from sliarpei in having far more white 

 on the feathers of the sides of the breast under the shoulders of the 

 wing (carpal joint), in this respect showing its affinity to G. rvTiite- 

 headi wliitelieadi. The black lines on the wing are very broad and 

 prominent. 



Adult female. — Above, olive brown, practically without vermicu- 

 lations and with no white markings. Tail rufous, inclining to 

 chestnut on the outer feathers and vermiculated with narrow bars of 

 dark brown. Below, paler olive brown with pale shafts and more 

 rufescent under tail coverts. 



Distribution. — Annam. The only specimen in the Museum is one 

 of some birds reared in the Menagerie of the Paris Museum, the 

 types having been brought from Annam by Monsieur Bel. 



Much more material is necessary before it is possible to say 

 whether heli and annamensis are separate from one another. 



GENNiEUS NYCTHEMERUS ANNAMENSIS. 



The Anna^n Silver Pheasant. 



Gennceits annamensis, Ogilvie-Grant, Bull. B. 0. C, xix, 

 p. 13 (1906) (Bali, Annam) ; Ghigi, Mem. Acad. Bologna (6) v, 

 p. 139 (1908). 



Description : adult male. — Differs from heli in the same way that 

 shdrpei differs from rufipes in being an altogether darker bird with 

 narrow white and broader black bands, this being especially notice- 

 able on the wings and tail. 



Female. — Like that of heli. 



Distrihution. — Annam " Hills behind Mhartrang " (Dr. J. J. 

 Vassal). 



GENN.EUS WHITEHEADI. 



Whitehead's Silver Pheasant. 



Oennw-us whiteheadi, Ogilvie-Grant, Ibis (1899), p. 586 (Hainan); 

 Ghigi, Mem. Acad. Bologna (6) v, p. 138 (1908). 



Types in British Museum. 



Descriptioti : adult male. — Crest and whole lower parts black. 

 Sides of neck and shoulders white, the feathers with a narrow line 

 running round the feather, following its contour about 5mm. from 

 the edge ; this line gets broader as it gets lower down the back, 

 whilst in the wings the feathers are finely edged with black, and 

 have the next black band as much as 8mm. wide. Central tail 



