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texture of this patch of briglitly-eoloured feathers resembles spun 

 glass, the vanes being rather stiff, hair-like, and shining. It 

 reminds one strongh^ both as regards eolour and texture, of a 

 similar patch met with in some of the Horned Pheasants, such 

 as Trufjopan siitt/ra or T. melanocephala. The same orange-red 

 extends in a less degree round the sides of the neck, and the breast 

 and belly are faintly washed with the same colour. Total length 

 8 inches, wing 4-8, tail 1-75, tarsus 1-3. 

 IJah. Mountains of Hainan. 



4. Arhoricola crudigularis. 



Oreoperdix crudiirulnris, Sici/i/ioe, Ibis, 1864, p. 426 [Formosa], 1865, 



p. 542, 1866, pp. 133 & 401 ; id. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 400 ; David ^■ 



Omtal. Ois. Chine, p. 393 (1877). 

 Perdix crudigularis. Gray, List GaUiiue Brit. Mus. p. 57 (1867) ; id. 



Haud-l. B. ii. p. 207, no. tl6'.»2 (1870). 

 Arboricola crudigularis, Bb/th, Ibis, 1867, p. 160; Grant, Ibis, 1892, 



p. 393. 



Adxilt male and female. Differs from A. atrogulctris in having the 

 nape and back of the neck mixed ^\nth chestnut ; the barring on the 

 upper parts wider and darker ; the chin, upper part of the throat, 

 checks, ear-coverts, and front of the neck white ; and the lower part 

 of the throat black. Bill black ; iris olive-brown ; bare skin round 

 the eye purplish flesh-colour ; legs orange-red. 



Male. Total length 9-5 inches, wing o-5, tail 2'2, tarsus 1-55. 



Female. Total length 9-3 inches, wing 5-3, tail 2*1, tarsus 1'55. 



Hah. Mountains of the interior of Formosa. 



«. 2 ad. sk. Tamsuy, Formosa, June {Ii. Tweeddale Coll. 



Sicinhoe). 



b. Ad. sk. Formosa, Marcli {Ii. Sicinhoe'). Tweeddale Coll. 



c. (^ ad. sk. Formosa, Marcli (i?. iSWji^oe). Hume Coll. 



d. Ad. sk. Formosa, April {R. Swinhoe). Goxdd Coll. 



e. (J ad. st. Formosa. K. Swinhoe, Esq. 



[C.]._ 

 f-i. Sterna and Formosa. R. Swinhoe, Esq. 



shoulder-girdles. [C.]. 



5. Arboricola intermedia. 



Arboricola intermedia, Blyth,J. As. Soc. Beng. xxiv. p. 277 (1856) 

 [? Arrakan]; id. Ibis, 18(57, p. 159; id. Sr Wnlden. Cat. Mamm. ^ B. 

 Burma, p. 150 (1875) [Arrakan] ; Gates, B. Burmah, ii. p. 327 

 (1883) between Prome and 'i'onghoop] ; id. ed. Hume's Xests S;- 

 Byffs, ill. p. 440 (1890) ; Grant, Ibis, 1892, p. 393. 



Arboropliila intermedia, Hume, Str. F. ii. p. 450 (1874) ; Oafes, 

 Str. F iii. p. 344 (1875). 



Arboricola iiiterniedius, Hume i^" Marsh. Game B. ii. p. 85, pi. 

 (1879); Hume, Str. F. viii. p. Ill (1879); id. Str. F. xi. p. S07 

 (1888) [E. Manipur]. 



Adult male and female. Differ from the male of A. torqveola in 

 having the top of the head brown or olive-brown, sliading into grey on 

 the forehead and with a black spot at the extrcmitv of each feather ; 



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