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near the end of tte outer web, becoming mucli paler at the 

 extremity ; on the tips at the inner webs of several of them 

 the double mark of white and black, as on the greater 

 coverts. Tail rich chesnut red with black shafts, and 

 crossed at intervals of about two inches with a narrow 

 irregular band of black, and a second broader and more 

 decided band of the same colour — the space between the 

 bands being of a similar but paler tint than the body of the 

 feather; the second band of black, moreover, becomes 

 broader, and gradually blends with the general colours of the 

 feathers as they approach the extremity. On some the 

 intermediate pale band is white; feathers of the under 

 surface marked like the upper, but the bordering is not 

 luminous, and terminates in dull grey, within which, on the 

 lower part of the sides of the abdomen, is a narrow line of 

 white ; eye orbits red ; bill brown colour ; feet bluish-brown 

 colour. 



"The female has a patch of dark brown at the back of 

 the head, with a narrow bordering of rufous at the end of 

 each feather; feathers of the head and upper surface 

 generally mottled with rufous, with a narrow edging of 

 black at the tip, and with a stripe down the centre, which on 

 the sides of the neck and shoulders is white, and on the 

 other parts deep buff; rump and upper tail coverts deep 

 rust red, each feather faintly barred with dark brown, some 

 of the wing coverts marked at the tip with black and white, 

 as in the male, but the marks are broader, and not so pure ; 

 throat deep buff, feathers of the under surface brown, largely 

 striped down the centre, and tipped with pale or creamy buff, 

 and bordered on each side with tawny ; tail short, central 

 feathers greyish brown, freckled with dark brown; lateral 

 feathers rufous, crossed obliquely near the tip with dark 

 brown, beyond which the end is white." 



Under the title of P. scintillans, a variety of this 

 pheasant has been described as a distinct species, but it 

 appears to differ only in the male having the feathers 



