men of this l)ird, which had all the feathers white and black, 

 'resembling the plumage of the silver pheasant. Mr. Hawkins, 

 who presented this valuable specimen, had no reason to think 

 it was other than an accidental variety, though it is singular 

 in not being a pure albino, the change having effected -'onl$ p 

 the brown, and not the black portions of its plumage. 



H. NEVILLE. 



5£aipentyn, 29th September, 1870. 



