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scemmering’s pheasant. 
except those in the centre, banded towards the tip 
with black ; the tip itself of the whole is white. 
The rest of the plumage is varied with black and 
reddish-brown ; the markings arranged in bars or 
crescents, a good deal similar to that of the common 
grey hen. 
We have here to notice another very interesting 
bird, of which Mr Gould has given a figure in his 
Century of Birds from the Himalayan mountains, 
under the title of Phasianus Staceii. The head is 
adorned with a considerable crest, and, with the neck, 
is of a dull tawny yellow, every feather, except on 
the cheeks and throat, being barred with black. The 
quill feathers are marked with zigzag lines, and are 
tipped with black ; the rump is rich red brown, each 
feather having two spots of black near the tip; the 
tail is pale tawny, haired at regular distances with a 
narrow and broad band of deep blackish -brown ; t'ne 
under surface is pale tawny, barred on the back ; t’ne 
bill and tarsi brown. The total length is about thr ee 
feet four inches. 
Our next bird differs from the true or typi cal 
pheasants, in being also crested, and in having the 
tail in a manner folded, bending and very am pie. 
By Temminck it is placed first among the pbeasa; its, 
after the Macartney Cock, with which he conclu des 
his genus G alius ; it is 
