AND ITS NEAREST ALLIES. 181 



Dr. Dubois as belonging to his E. sumatranus must belong 

 to either L. nohilis or L. ignita, whenever the female 

 of this latter species might turn out to have a black tail. 

 The above mentioned live birds had probably been caught 

 in the forest and not bred in a poultry-yard , as the author 

 tells us that at the beginning they were very shy, that 

 the female very soon died and that after a while the male 

 became more tame. We may thus freely reject the suppo- 

 sition that this bird must be considered a hybrid , as Elliot 

 says of Reeves' bird, between E. ignitus (sive nohilis) and 

 E. Vieilloti. 



4. Lophura Vieilloti. 



Gallus Macartneyl (part.) Temm. Pig. et Gall. 11, p. 277 (1813)»); 

 Schinz, Nat. n. Abb. d. Vög. (nee letterpress on p. 248), pi. 93 

 (1833); id. Naturg. d. Vög. (nee letterpress on p. 147), pi. 70 

 (1853). 



Phasianus Ignitus Raffl. Trans. Linn. Soc. XIII, p. 320 (1822); Vieill. 

 Tabl. Encyclop. Méth. , Ois. pi. 237, f. 2 (1823). 



Phasianus castaneus Gray in Griffith' ed. Cuv. Ill, p. 28 (1829)2). 



Gallus ignitus (nee descr.) Vieill. Gal. Ois. pi. 207 (1834). 



Euplocamus ignitus J. E. Gray, Illustr. Ind. Zool. II, pi. 39 (1834); 

 Blyth, Cat. Mus. As. Soe. p. 243 (1849); G. R. Gray (part.), 

 Hand-List, II, p. 259 (1870); Elliot (part, synon.) Mon. Phas. II, 

 pL 26 (1872); Blyth and Wald. Cat. Mamm. a. Birds Burma, p. 

 149 (1875). 



Euplocamus Vieilloti G. R. Gray, List Speeim. Birds, III, p. 26 

 (1844); Gould, B. As. VIII, pi. 15 (1852); Sclat. P. Z. S. 1863, 

 p. 118; Sclat. and Wolf, Zool. Sketches, 2, pi. 36 (1867); Gray, 

 List Gallinae, p. 35 (1867); Schleg. Jaarb. K. Zool. Gen. Nat. Art. 

 Mag. Amsterd. 1869, p. 133 (with plate); G. R. Gray, Hand-List, 

 II, p. 259 (1870); Hume, Str. F. II, p. 481 (1874), id. id. Ill, 

 p. 324 (1875); Sclat. P. Z. S. 1875, p. 380; Hume, Str. F. V, 

 p. 119 (1877); Hume and Marsh., Game B. Ind. I, p. 213, pi. 

 (1878); Elliot, Ibis 1878, pp. 124 and 414; Hume and Davison, 

 Str. F. VI, p. 438 (1878); Wardlaw Ramsay, P. Z. S. 1880, p. 



1) Only the bird described as a variety with white-striped flanks and white 

 central tail-feathers. 



2) Based upon a female, evidently of L. Vieilloti, Penang being stated as 

 its habitat. 



Notes from the Leyden Museum, Vol. XVII. 



