618 ON THE OENITHOLOGY OF THE PHILIPPINES. [1878. 



P.Z.S.1878, 43. OSMOTEEKON VEKNANS (135). 



^' ~ ' [P. Princesa, 2 , January 2, 1878 : iris (in dead bird) orange ; bill lead-grey, base yellow- 



olive ; feet carmine ; claws grey.] 



44. Treron js^asica. 



Treron nasica, Schlegel, Ned. Tijdschr. Dierk. i. p. 67. 



[P. Princesa, d ? , January 1878: iris deep brown, with outer ring of burnt sienna-orange; 

 orbital skin bright emerald-green j base of bill dull crimson, the rest pale greenish-yellow ; feet 

 carmine.j 



45. Carpophaga ^nea (141). 



[P. Princesa, d , January 1878: iris pure crimson; bill bluish grey; feet violet-carmine; 

 nails dark grey. ? , December 28, 1877 : iris deep crimson ; orbital ring crimson ; bill light 

 grey ; feet carmine ; nails dark grey.] 



46. POLTPLECTRON NAPOLEOKIS. 



Polyplectron najwleoiiis. Less. Tr. d'Orn., add. et corr. ^. 650. 



Polyplectron emijhanum, Temm. PI. Col. 540 ; Elliot, Phasianidse, vol. i. pi. 9. 



[P. Princesa, 6 , January 1878 : iris dark rich brown ; orbital and loral regions crimson ; 

 bare setigerous skin above the eyes livid brown ; bill, including vaulted base of maxilla, very 

 dark brown, tij) horny ; legs, feet, and nails purple-brown. 



Native name " Tandikan." 



$ juv. : orbital skin black, otherwise not different from the male.] 



The male of this beautiful Pheasant was first described and figured by Temminck on the 

 14th of May, 1831, from a single example in the museum of the Prince of Essling {I. c). Its 

 habitat was unknown, but was believed to be either one of the Sunda Islands or else one of the 

 Moluccas. In the same year, but earlier. Lesson (Tr. p. 437) enumerated the species under 

 number 47 of the genus Poly])lectro)i, and called it P. ncqwleonis; but as he gave no description *, 

 his title falls. 



A second specimen of the species was afterwards acquired from Messrs. Verreaux by the 

 British Museum ; but the habitat still remained unknown, the late Mr. G. R. Gray giving it as 

 the Moluccas (List Birds B. Mus., Gallinse, 1867, p. 25). Mr Sclater (P. Z. S. 1863, p. 124) 

 attributed its habitat, with some doubt, to the island of Borneo, in which he was followed by 

 Mr. Elliot {l. c). Mr. Everett has now cleared up all doubts ; for he has found this Pheasant living 

 in the island of Palawan near the Spanish settlement of Puerto Princesa, and has sent me three 

 examples — one of the adult male, one of the immature female, and one of an immature male. 



This is the second instance in which Mr. Everett has established the correct habitat of a 

 little-known and remarkable bird. 



The young male has the lengthened crest-plumes brown, partially tinged with green. 

 The brilliant bluish-purple wing-coverts and interscapulars of the fully adult are absent, only a 

 trace presenting itself on one covert of each wing. Whereas in the adult the nape and neck are 



* [Described in the " additions et corrections," Tweeddale, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 792.— Ed.] 



