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THE BARRED-TAILED PHEASANT. 
the same colour; the middle of the belly, breast, 
thighs, and under tail-coverts, deep black ; the latter 
spotted with golden yellow. The tail is composed 
of eighteen feathers, which fold over each other, and 
when closed appeal' very narrow ; at the base they are 
about two inches in breadth, of a greyish white, 
clouded with a golden red upon the edges, and cross- 
ed on each side of the shaft with alternate crescent- 
shaped bars, brown at the shaft, and chestnut-co- 
loured at the edge. Temminck counted upon the 
feathers of his specimen above four feet in length, 
forty-seven of these bands. The feet and legs are 
greyish brown, and are armed with spurs, like the 
greater number of the genus. 
