56 Mr. D. G. Elliot on a New Species of Polyplectron. 



IV. — On a New Species of the genus Polyplectron. 

 By D. G. Elliot, F.Z.S., &c. 

 I AM indebted to the kindness of M. Jules Verreaux for the 

 placing in my hands a new Polyplectron, which in general 

 appearance compares favourably with the handsomest of the 

 known species of the genus. It was sent to the Museum of 

 Paris from Cochin China by M. Germain, after whom I have 

 great pleasure in naming it 



Polyplectron germaini. 

 Nigro-fusco vermiculatum ; dorso, alis eaudaque splendide viridi 

 ocellatis, fusco-albido marginatis; capite et collo albo 

 striatis; gula alba; rostro pedibusque nigris, mandibula 

 albida. 

 General colour blackish-brown, irregularly spotted with light 

 brown. Head and back part of the neck black, each feather 

 being barred with white. Back, wings, and tail covered with 

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

 of a rich purple. Primaries dark brown. Upper mandible black, 

 lower one light horn-colour. Feet black. 



Whole length .... 20 inches. 



Wing 7-5 „ 



Tail 10-5 „ 



Bill at gape 1*2 „ 



Tarsus 2*5 „ 



This species comes nearest to P. chinquis, but is very easily 

 distinguished from that bird by its much darker hue and the 

 very different coloration of the ocellated spots on the back and 

 tail, which are far more brilliant and rich in the present bird. 

 The specimen described is an adult male in perfect plumage. 

 The female has not yet been obtained. 



V. — Note on the Species of the genus Muscisaxicola. 



By P. L. ScLATER, M.A., Ph.D., F.R.S., &c. 



I HAVE read with great pleasure Messrs. Philippi and Land- 



beck^s article in the first part of Wiegmann's ' Archiv ' for 



1865, on the species of the genus Muscisaxicola"^; and having 



* " Monographic der Sudamerikanischen Muscisaxicolinen," Wiegm. 

 Arch. 1865, p. 74. 



