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24. Gennseus lineatus. The Vbrmicbllated Kalij Pheasant. 



Lineo, avi, atom = to fashion to a straight line. 



Yit, Kayit (Burmese) ; Phoogyk (Karen) ; Rak, Aracan; Synklouk (Talain). 



$ 25 J" to 30" ; 2i to 3 lbs. ? 20" to 24" ; 2 to 2 J lbs. Legs pinkish brown. 

 Bill greenish horny. Facial skin blood-red. — Male : Crest black. Above, and 

 nearly whole tail, black, finely zigzagged white ; inner webs and tips of mid-tail 

 feathers entirely white. No white fringes on rump. Chin and throat black. 

 Below black, with white shafts. — Female : Above pale olive-brown, with white 

 across head, and with bars on side of neck. Neck and mantle with arrow-headed 

 white marks. Below chestnut, with white shafts. Found in the greater part of 

 Burma and N.W. Siam. Breeds in March or April. Six or seven eggs (1 -97 x 1-46), 

 pale buff. (S.F. iii. 166. B. 1340. 0. 75. O.G. i. 272.) 



25, Genneeus andersoni. Anderson's Silver Pheasant. 



Yit, Burma. 



Gates says (p. 337) that this bird is described by Ogilvie-Grant (i. 271) as 

 G. davisoni. ^ 24". Crest black. Mantle, upper back, and wing-coverts black, 

 with several zigzag white lines following the margin of each feather. On wing- 

 coverts usually three, and on mantle and upper back five or six such lines. Quills 

 of closed wing black, obliquely barred white. Lower back and rump black, 

 widely vermiculated white, each feather edged with a white fringe on a black 

 band. Mid pair of tail-feathers black, with white lines more or less parallel to 

 the shafts, the three outer pairs black. Below glossy black. — Female: Not known. 

 Kachin Hills, E. of Bhamo. (0. 71.) 



26. Gennseus williamsi. The Chindwin Kivbr Silver Pheasant. 



Yit, Burma. 



$ 24". 2 21". Legs dark flesh colour. Facial skin crimson. — Male : Crest 

 glossy black. Mantle, back, and rump coarsely vermiculated, across the shafts 

 buff. Each feather of lower back and rump with a firm black band, fringed 

 broadly white. Wing-coverts black, with five or six buff lines on each web 

 parallel to the margin of feather. Tail black, obliquely barred buff. Below 

 glossy blue-black. — Female: Upper plumage and wings red-brown, edged paler, 

 and minutely freckled black. Throat ashy white. Below, ash-brown, edged 

 grey, with grey shaft streak. Mid-tail chestnut, mottled, and barred black; 

 intermediate feathers mottled and barred white; and the outermost pair black. 

 Chindwin River, Upper Burma. (0. 72.) 



26a. Gennseus wickhami. The Chin Hills Silver Pheasant. 



Yit, Burma. 



$ 24". Mantle and back finely but irregularly vermiculated, and speckled 

 pale buff. Kump and upper tail-coverts plain black, broadly fringed white. 

 — Female : Not known. Chin Hills, Upper Burma. (0. ii. 495.) 



27. Gennseus cnvieri. The North Aracan Silver Pheasant. 



Rak, Aracan; Yit (Burmese). 



$ 23". 2 21". Legs brown. Facial skin crimson. — Male: Crest glossy 

 black. Upper plumage and closed wing blue-black, finely freckled buff across 

 shafts. Each feather of rump and lower back with broad black band, broadly 



