lady asiherst's pheasant. 
211 
nmle specimens presented by the King of Ava to 
Sir J. Campbell, who gave it to Lady Amherst. 
“ The feathers on the top of the head are green ; 
the crest-feathers are crimson, and 2£ inches in 
length ; the pendant tippet is of a beautiful white, 
each feather tipped with a dark green circular band, 
with a straight band of the same colour across each 
feather, about three-eighths of an inch above the end ; 
the whole depth of this tippet is 5^ inches, the long- 
est feathers 4^ inches ; the neck, back, shoulders, 
chest, and wing-coverts are of a beautiful metallic 
green, each feather ending in a broad zone of velvet 
black ; the wing primaries dusky, with lighter colour- 
ed shafts, and white outer edges ; the greater wing- 
coverts and secondaries bluish-black ; the breast and 
belly white ; thighs and under tail- coverts mottled 
dark brown and white ; the legs light blue. The 
feathers on the ramp are brown at the base, green 
in the middle, the remaining most exposed portion 
of a bright saffron-yellow ; the tail-coverts are also 
brown at the base, the centre portion barred green 
and white, ending in scarlet ; these feathers elongated 
to the extent of 10 inches, as their plan of insertion 
approaches that of the true tail primaries ; the first 
tail primary measures only 29 inches, the plume 1^ 
inch in depth, of a beautiful white ground, with 
broad bars of green about three-fourths of an inch 
apart, extending in the direction of the web, and 
mottled across from bar to bar ; the third and fourth 
primaries are the longest, and measure 38 inches 
