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it as the young of the Indian Antelope, Antilope Cervicapra, Pall. Its general 

 colour is pale fawn, and it has a paler streak on each side, passing from the 

 shoulders to the haunches ; characters by -which, as well as by the form of its 

 horns, the pale circle surrounding the eyes, and the white patch under the tail, 

 it agrees with the young of the Indian Antelope: but it differs by the fawn colour 

 extending down the sides to the under parts of the body, which are merely of a 

 lighter shade than the upper, and are not pure white ; and by the length of the 

 ears, which does not exceed 4 inches, while in no specimen of the Indian Antelope 

 possessed by the Society, is the length of these organs less than 5 inches. The 

 latter circumstance is so remarkable, as to suggest the necessity of further in- 

 quiries into the history of the race from which this individual was derived. Its age 

 may be conjectured from the size of its horns, which have made two nearly 

 complete turns, and are surrounded by eighteen rings. 



Specimens were exhibited of the adult male of the lineated Pheasant, Phasianus 

 lineatus, Lath., and of two immature birds of the same species : for the whole of 

 these the Society is indebted to George Swinton, Esq., Corr. Mem. Z. S. The 

 immature birds died on their passage to this country ; the adult skin was obtain- 

 ed from the Tennasserim coast. 



At the request of the Chairman, Mr. Gould made some observations on these 

 specimens. The adult bird differs in some particulars from the description 

 published by Dr. Latham. " Its total length is 2 feet 8 inches ; the length of the 

 wings, from the shoulder to the end of the longest feather, 9 inches ; of the beak, 

 from the gape to the tip, 1 J inch ; of the tarsus, 3f inches ; and of the tail, 1 foot 

 2 inches. 



" The beak is strong, and considerably arched ; the naked space round the eye 

 bright red, and covered with numerous papilla ; the head crested with long 

 glossy blue-black feathers ; the back of the neck, and whole of the upper surface 

 delicate grey, very numerously barred with fine zigzag lines of black ; which are 

 broader on the quill feathers ; the throat, breast, and belly, black ; the sides of 

 the breast and flanks having white lanceolate feathers with black edges ; the tail 

 of eighteen feathers, very much graduated, and arched, as in the Silver Pheasant, 

 Phasianus Nycthemerus, Linn., the outer edge of the two centre feathers, and the 

 tips of the two next, being white ; the remainder are alternately marked with irregu- 

 lar lines of black and white, the black predominating ; and the legs strong, of a 

 reddish flesh colour, furnished with conical sharp spurs. 



" The two immature birds are alike in colouring, and appear to be male and 

 female. They differ very materially from the adult, and very much resemble the 

 female or the young male of the Silver Pheasant. They are about 18 inches in 

 length ; wing, 8$ inches ; tarsus, 2\ ; beak, 1$ ; tail, 10. The head is crested 

 with feathers nearly 2 inches long, of a reddish brown, obscurely marked with mi- 

 nute zigzag lines of black ; the naked skin round the eye is not so much developed 

 as in the adult male; the neck, throat, breast, and under parts are brown, each 

 feather having a lancet-shaped mark of white ; the whole of the back and shoulders 

 brown, minutely sprinkled with a darker colour ; the quill-feathers brown, having 

 the outer edges barred with yellowish white ; the secondaries brown, with oblique, 

 irregular, and narrow lines of a lighter colour ; the tail irregularly barred, and 

 dotted with rich brown and yellowish white ; the legs and feet reddish brown." 



February 12, 1833. 



A note from Col. Hall^m was read, accompanying drawings of the Mango-fish, 

 Polynemus paradisceus, Linn. ; and of two individuals of a race of pigs with only 

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