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towards the edges, with numerous transverse black 

 or marron lines. It is thought that this bird is 

 represented on many Chinese papers. M. Tem- 

 minck names it Phasianus Superbus. Gal. II. 

 336* 



The following species are not in the text of Cuvier, 

 but are described by other writers : 



Phasianus AmhersticB, Leadbeater, Lin. Trans, xvi. 

 t. 15, Ph. Superbus, Temm. ? 



Allied to Ph. Pictus, but larger ; top of the head, 

 green ; crest, crimson ; feather of the back of the 

 neck, very long, forming a green-banded white tippet ; 

 upper part of the body metallic-green, black-zoned ; 

 primaries, dusky ; breast and belly, white ; rump, 

 green and yellow ; tail, wedge-shaped ; tail-feathers, 

 white, with dark-green circular cross-bars ; the largest 

 about three feet long. Cochin China. Collection of 

 Lady Amherst. 



Reeves'' Pheasant, Phasianus Beevesii. Gray. 



Back, yellow-brown, blackish, scaled ; crown, cheek- 

 spots, and upper part of neck, white ; spot over eye, 



* Teraminck describes the body as red, varied with green and blue ; crest, 

 blue ; upper part of the neck covered with long feathers ; humerus, green- 

 ish, spotted with white. The figure in Shaw's Nat. Mis. t. 553, to which 

 Teraminck refers, represents the Javanese Cock. Gallus Furcatus. It is 

 probable that this bird is the same as Ph. Amherstice of the Lin. Trans. 



Teraminck, in his analysis, names Phasianus Veneratus, but he does not 

 describe it. 



