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Birds of Indian Subcontinent

29. Gennaeus sharpii

29. Gennaeus sharpii.

THE SALWEEN SILVER PHEASANT.

Yit, Burma.

Oates says (p. 359) that this bird is described by Hume (i. 203) as E. crawfordi, and by Ogilvie-Grant (i. 276) as G. andersoni (see No. 25 ante).

Male 30"; 2 3/4 lbs. Female 24". Legs pink. Bill pale blue. Facial skin crimson.— Male: Crest glossy black. Upper plumage and wing-coverts black, each feather with five or six white lines on each web curved and parallel to the margin. Rump-feathers more finely marked than those of the back, but no fringe of white at the tips. Tail and lower plumage as in No. 24, G. lineatus.— Female: Differs from G. lineatus in having inner quills barred with narrow buff lines reaching to the shafts and broader white shaft stripes on lower plumage. (O. 76. H. & M., E. crawfordi, i. 203. O.G., G. andersoni, i. 276.)

BookTitle: 
Game, Shore And Water Birds Of India
Reference: 
Le Messurier, Augustus. Game, Shore, and Water Birds of India Fourth Edition, 1904.
Title in Book: 
29. Gennaeus sharpii
Book Author: 
A Le Messurier
CatNo: 
29
Year: 
1904
Page No: 
80
Common name: 
Salween Silver Pheasant
M_ID: 
1518
M_CN: 
Kalij Pheasant
M_SN: 
Lophura leucomelanos
Volume: 
4th ed.
id: 
12680

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