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PHASIANIB^. 



(1879); Sharpe, Ibis, 1879, p. 270; JIume, Sir. F. Tiii. 

 pp. 69, 111 (1879) [Malacca, Johore, Wellesley Prov.] ; Hume 

 Sf Marsh. Game B. ii. p. 103, pi. (1879) [Western Siam]; Sharpe, 

 P. Z. S. 1881, p. 800 ; Kelham, Ibis, 1882, p. 4 ; Nicholson, Ibis, 

 1882, p. 65, & 188.3, p. 90 ; Bias. Terh. Ges. Wien, xxxiii. p. 69 

 (1883) ; Oates, B. Burmah, ii. p. 330 (1883) ; Meyer, Vog.-Skekt. 

 pi. Ixxxv. (1885) ; Bilttikofer, N. Leijd. Mas. ix. p. 78 (1887) 

 Tadaug, W. Sumatra] ; Everett, List. B. Borneo, p. 200 (1889) 

 Borneo] ; Sharj^e, Ibis, 1890, pp. 140, 284 ; Hose, Ibis, 1893, p. 423 

 [Mt. Dulit ifc Baram]. 



Hemipodius nigrifrous, Drajnez, Diet. Sci. Nat. x. p. 562, pi. 45. 

 %. 2 (1845). 



Rollulus coronatus, Jei'd. B. Ind. ii. p. 580 (1864) ; v. Pelz. Ibis, 

 1873, p. .36. 



Iiollulus rulrul, Brik/gem. Abh. nat. Ver. Brem. v. p. 463 (1877). 



Cryptonyx roulroul, Snellemaii, in Veth's Midden-Sumatra, iv. p. 46 

 (1887). 



Piolulus rouh-oul, Elliot, Atik, viii. p. 15 (1891) [N.E. Borneo]. 



Adult male. Fore part of the head, superciliary stripes, lores, 

 cheeks, ear-coverts, chin, throat, and neck black. A tuft of long 

 stiff, black, hair-like shafts situated in the middle of the forehead. 

 A white band across the top of the head between the eyes separates 

 the black fore part from the long hairy maroon crest which covers 

 the hinder part of the head. Back of the neck, back, rump, and 

 upper tail-coverts rich green glossed with steel-blue. Primaries 

 and secondaries and their coverts dark brown, and, the primaries 

 especially, mottled on the outer web with rufous buff ; scapulars 

 and rest of the wing-coverts maroon, glossed with purple and blue. 

 Rest of the underparts black, the chest and breast glossed with 

 blue. Tail and the longer upper tail-coverts black. Bill black, 

 scarlet at the base, naked skin round the eye, legs, and feet scarlet. 

 Iris slaty grey. Total length 10-8 inches, wing 5-5, tail 2-3, 

 tarsus 1'7. 



Adult female. The whole head is blackish grey ; the frontal tuft 

 of bristles is well developed as in the male, but the occipital crest 

 is only moderate. The neck, back, rump, upper tail-coverts, chest, 

 and breast are bright grass-green, shading into greyish green on 

 the belly and under tail-coverts. Primaries, secondaries, and their 

 coverts as in the male ; scapulars, lesser and median wing-coverts 

 chestnut, edged with maroon slightly glossed with purple. Tail 

 black. The bill is black and the iris is brown, otherwise the soft 

 parts are like those of the male. Total length 10-5 inches, wing o-2, 

 tail 2'3, tarsus ^'6. 



An immature female resembles the adult, but the extremities of 

 the scapulars and wing-coverts are tipped with rufous buff. 



Hab. Malay Peninsula from South Tenasserim southwards, 

 extending into Siam, Sumatra, Java, and Borneo. 



a, b. (5' ad.sk. Near Palawtonton, S. Tenasserim, Hume Coll. 



Dec. ( W. Davison). 

 c~n. (^ 2 ad, sk. Bankasoon, March, April, May, Hume Coll. 



& Dec. ( Jf. Davison), 

 o, p. (5 2 ad, sk. Malawcon, Feb., April ( W. Davi- Hume Coll. 



son). 



