38. POLVl'LKCTKON. 357 



y,z. d" ad. sk. GAc\\tix {J. liujlh). Hume Coll. 



«'. $ ad. sk. Dilkou.^bah, Cachar. Hume Cull. 



b'. j imm. sk. Bhamo {Lownde.s). E. A\'. Oates, Esq. [C.j. 



(Type of P. helence, Uates.) 



c,d'. cJ 2 ad. sk. Tboun^ryali, Tenasseiim, Hume Coll. 



Nov. {J. DnrliiKj). 



e',f- 6 $ ad. sk. Mo.ileyit, Feb. ( W. Hume Coll. 



Da v> .toil), 



g. (S ad. sk. Foot of Nwalabo, April Hume Coll. 



( W. Uaci.iuii ). 



h'. $ imm. sk. JMergui, April ( Jf. Z//«- Tweeddale Coll. 



hor(/). 



»". J ad. (tail only).* Laos Mouutains. M. Moubot [C.]. (Type 



of P. atelospUum, Gray.) 



2. Polyplectron germaini. 



Heu Peacock I'beasant from China, Edw. Nat. Eist. B. ii v\. 69 

 (1747). ^ 



I/Eperonnier, U Auheyit. PI. Enl. pi. 493 [femelle]. 



PolyplcotiMU nrermaini, EUmI. Ihis, 1866, p. 56 ; id. Mon.Phas.'i. 

 pi. 8(1872) [Eien-boa, Cocbin Cbiiia]; Hume, iStr. F. yii. p. 4i>6 

 (1878) ; Hume S,- 3Iar.ih. GameB. Lid. i. p. Ill (1878). 



Adult male. General colour blackish brown, irregularly spotted 

 ^vith light brown, the spots being much smaller and closer together 

 than in P. chinquis. Head and back part of nock black, each 

 feather barred with white; back, wings, and tail covered with 

 metallic spots, in some lights of a dark lustrous green, in others of 

 a rich purjde : primaries dark brown. Upper mandible black, 

 lower horn-colour ; orbital skin crimson ; feet black. Total leno-th 

 20 inches, wing 7'5, tail l(t"o, tarsus '2-b. 



Adult female is distinguished from the female of P. chinquis bv 

 the following characters : — The ocelli on the mantle, scapidars, win*- 

 coverts, and outer secondaries are comparatively well-marked and 

 glossed with dark green, changing to jiurple and bordered anteriorly, 

 especially on the scapulars and outer secondaries, with narrow X- 

 shaped black and bufl' bands ; the extremities of these feathers are 

 not thickly s])otted with dirty white ; most of the longer upper 

 tail-coverts, like the tail-feathers, carry a pair of dark green ocelli, 

 shot with purjde, and situated one on each web. The only specimen 

 examined has oidy IS tail-feathers, but no doubt some are missiuo-. 

 Total length IS-fi inches, wing 7"1, tail .S"o, tarsus 2-3. 



llah. Cochin China. 



a. $ ad. sk. Cocbiu China. M. V.. I'lerre [P.]. 



b. $ imm. sk. Bred in captivity. F. PI Blauuw, Esq. [P.]. 



3. Polyplectron bicalcaratum. 

 Le Paon de la Chiue, Briss. Om. i. p. 291 (1760). 



• Tlie shorter upjwr tail-coverts have been pulled out and tbcir places 

 supplied by the wing-coverts, licnpulars, and outer secondaries. 



