2G3 Mr. R. B. Sharpe's Contributions to the 



Hematortvx, gen. n. 

 Genus affine generi Rollulo, sed hallucis vingue majore, pilei 

 crista minorc et aliter forinat;\ crista nuchali obsoletaj frontis- 

 qne crinibus absentibus distingueudum. Typus est 



HiEMATORTYX SANGUINICEPS^ Sp. n. 



Supra sepiaria, alis dorso concoloribus ; cauda paullo satura- 



tiore^ nigricante ; pileo vix cristato et nucha sordide cocci- 



neis, plumis medialiter pallidius lineatis, fronte paullo 



pallidiore ; capitis lateribus pallide coccineis ; gutture 



cervino vix coccineo lavato^ plumis etiam pallide fulvo 



striatis ; jugulo et prsepectore castaneis ; corpore reliquo 



subtiis sepiario^ plumis obscure pallidiore brunneo mar- 



ginatis ; subalaribus pectori concoloribus ; subcaudalibus 



Isetissime coccineis. Long. tot. 12'5^ culm. 0'85^ alse 



5"85, caudse 3'8^ tarsi 1"85. 



Adult. General colour above dark sepia-brown^ the wings 



like the back ; tail-feathers blackish ; crown of head, which 



is slightly crested, deep crimson, the nape also of this colour, 



with blackish tips to the feathers, all the plumes of the crown 



with narrow buff shaft-lines ; sides of face dull crimson, the 



ear-coverts, cheeks, and throat light fawn-colour, with a slight 



wash of crimson on the chin ; lower throat, fore neck, and 



chest deep chestnut ; remainder of under surface of body 



dark sepia-brown, with paler edges to most of the feathers ; 



under wing-coverts like the breast ; under tail-coverts black, 



the longer ones bright crimson. 



This is a remarkable-looking bird, of which one specimen 

 has been sent from the Lawas river by Mr. Treacher. It has 

 no spur on the leg, and is probably a female bird, so that we 

 are still left to conjecture what the male is like. The native 

 name is " Serookan,^^ the same as that applied to the Rul- 

 lulus ; but the difference in the structure of the crest-feathers, 

 as well as the greater development of the hind claw, which 

 is almost obsolete in Rollulus, forbid the possibility of its 

 being placed in the same genus, 



Bambusicola hyperythra, sp. n. 

 Suprjl olivascenti-brunnea, nigro transfasciata, dorso postico 

 et uropygio latiiis fasciatis ; tectricibus alarum saturate 

 brunneis, late olivascenti- brunneo termiuatis, majoribus 



