80 GENN^US. 



fringed white. Tail with three outer pairs black, the others black with narrow 

 oblique pale buff lines. Below glossy black. No white central stripes to any 

 feathers. — Female : Back and wings olive-brown, closely freckled, edged paler. 

 Mid-tail chestnut, dotted black, the outermost pair black. (H. & M. i. 201. 0. 73. 

 O.G. i. 271.) 



28. Gennseus oatesL The South Aracan Silver Pheasant. 



Yit, Burma. 



$ 24". 2 21". Legs brown, facial skin crimson. — Male: Crest glossy black. 

 Upper plumage and wing-coverts black with fine vermiculations across shafts. 

 Closed wing obliquely barred white. Each feather of lower back and rump with 

 narrow white fringe, but no black band. Mid-tail with outer web and half of 

 inner web black with oblique white lines, the exterior half of inner web white ; 

 intermediate feathers black, diagonally barred white ; outermost pair chiefly 

 black. Lower plumage glossy black. — Female : Crest brown. Upper plumage 

 and wing chestnut, minutely freckled black. Throat pale brown. Below red- 

 brown with broad yellow shaft streak edged black. Central tail pale chestnut, 

 closely barred black; outer tail deep chestnut, mottled black on inner webs. 

 (0. 74. O.G. i. 276.) 



29. Gennseus sharpii. The Salween Silver Pheasant. 



Yit, Burma, 



Gates says (p. 359) that this bird is described by Hume (i. 203) as E. eraw- 

 fordi, and by Ogilvie-Grant (i. 276) as O. andersoni (see No. 25 ante). 



$ 30" ; 2|- lbs, 2 24". Legs pink. Bill pale blue. Facial skin crimson. — 

 Male : Crest glossy black. Upper plumage and wing-coverts black, each feather 

 with five or six white lines on each web curved and parallel to the margin. 

 Eump-feathers more finely marked than those of the back, but no fringe of white 

 at the tips. Tail and lower plumage as in No. 24, Q. lineatus. — Female : Differs 

 from G. lineatus in having inner quills barred with narrow buff lines reaching to 

 the shafts and broader white shaft stripes on lower plumage. (0. 76. H. & M., 

 E. crawfordi, i. 203. O.G., G. andersoni, i. 276.) 



30. Gennseus rufipes. The Rubt-mines Silver Pheasant. 



Yit, Burma. 



$ 34". Legs red, facial skin crimson. Crest glossy black. Upper plumage 

 and wing-coverts white, each feather with four or five firm black lines on each 

 web parallel to the margin. Closed wing black, with broad oblique white bars. 

 Lower plumage glossy black. Tail-feathers obliquely barred black and white 

 except inner web of mid pair, which is white. — Female : Not known. (0. 77.) 



Also G. nycthemerus, the Chinese S.P. from S. China. S 40". 9 20i". Crest black. 

 Above white, with black concentric lines. Mid-tail pure white. Eggs (2-1 x 1-6), brownish 

 buff, finely pitted. 



G. swinhoii. Swinhoe's S.P. from Formosa. S 29i". 9 194" Crest, mantle, and mid- 

 tail pure white. Eggs (24 X 1-7) buff, dotted white. (O.G. i. 277-279.) 



Note. — In Gallus, Calophasis, and Pavo the tail is longer than wing in males 

 and shorter than wing in females. 



