the Birds of Formosa. 



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Dr. Moltrecht procured an adult male, which has, I believe, 

 been sent to the St. Petersburg Museum. He states in his 

 letter that he also shot an adult female which accompanied 

 the younger male, but, being only winged, was lost in the 

 long impenetrable grass. 



Text-fig. 7, 



Foot of Calophasis mikado. 



I take this opportunity of pointing out that in this 

 species the scaling of the tarsus is unlike that of any known 

 Pheasant ; for instead of the hinder aspect being covered 

 with scales, as is the case in Phasianus and other species of 

 Calophasis, it is reticulate, and each of the rather small 

 octagonal scales is elevated, forming a roughened surface 

 (see text-fig. 7). This peculiarity was first observed by 



