268 Mr. 11. B. Sharpens Contributions to the 



careful to hint that my L. castaneicaudatus might possibly be 

 the young bird of L. bulweri. " I must confess that the 

 smaller size of the wattles and the plumed head induced me 

 to consider this new bird as being L. bulweri in an interme- 

 diate stage, perhaps in the second year''^ (/. c. p. 94). Since 

 describing it^ however, I have seen at least twenty specimens 

 from the Lawas river, collected by Messrs. Ussher and Trea- 

 cher, none of which suggested the possibility of my suppo- 

 sition being correct, all of them being typical L. bulweri. All 

 doubt on the subject is now dispelled by the series recently 

 sent to the Oxford Museum by Mr. Treacher, consisting of 

 eight specimens. 



No. 1 is a chick^ nearly full-grown. The general plumage 

 is rufous brown, variegated and mottled all over with the 

 finest sandy-buff vermiculations, the wing-coverts ornamented 

 with dark ochraceous subterminal spots of a triangular shape, 

 the scapulars mottled with a broad subterminal bar of black, 

 and having a distinct ochraceous buff shaft-line ; quills black- 

 ish, vermiculated on the outer webs with rufous brown ; the 

 lower back, rump, and upper tail-coverts are darker than 

 the rest of the back ; tail, consisting of tiventy -eight feathers, 

 dark rufous brown, blackish on the inner webs, the feathers 

 very much pointed at the tips, especially the outer ones, which 

 are slightly sickle-shaped ; under surface of body dusky grey, 

 with dull ochraceous tips to the feathers ; the fore neck and 

 chest rufous brown ; throat covered with dull whitish feathers ; 

 head and neck densely feathered with dusky brown plumes ; 

 the region of the eye, superciliary ridge, and sides of face 

 bare, the ear- coverts hidden by a tuft of l)lackish plumes. 



No. 2 seems to be a quite young male, emerging from the 

 plumage of the female, which, to judge from Governor Ussher^s 

 specimens of the latter sex, appear to be of a lighter and more 

 sandy brown than the young males. Not a trace of metallic 

 plumage is seen in Mr. Treacher's bird, which has the head 

 densely feathered; but the scapulars are more of a rufous 

 brown, with even a slight shade of maroon, which is also 

 apparent on the breast. This bird is in very similar plumage 

 to the one figured by Mr. Gould as the hen of Lobiophasis 



