64 LLOYD'S NATURAL HISTORY. 
so that, in scratching the ground, she frequently struck them 
with her feet. The reason for the young keeping in her rear 
was not understood until, on a subsequent occasion, two 
chicks were reared by a hen P. chinguis, when it was ob- 
served that they always kept in the same manner close behind 
the mother, who held her tail widely spread, thus completely 
covering them, and there they continually remained out of 
sight, only running forward when called by the hen to pick up 
some food she had found, and then immediately retreating to 
their shelter. 
Nest.-—A circular depression in the ground made of leaves 
and twigs, slightly lined with a few of the birds’ own feathers, 
placed an.ongst grass among jungle (#. A. Clark). 
Eges.—Like those of the Golden Pheasant. Average 
measurements, 2 by 1°44 inches (2. A. Clarh). 
II. GERMAIN’S PEACOCK-PHEASANT. POLYPLECTRON 
GERMAINI. 
Polyplectron germaint, Elliot, Ibis, 1866, p. 56; id. Monogr 
Phasian. i. pl. 8 (1872); Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 
XXil. -p- 357 (1893). 
Adult Male—Like the male of P. chinguis, but the whitish- 
brown spots on the upper-parts are much smaller and closer 
together ; the ocelli on the tail-feathers dark green with bluish- 
violet reflections ; 70 white on the throat. Naked skin round 
the eye crimson. Total length, 20 inches; wing, 7°5 ; tail, 
10°55 tarsus, 2°5. 
Adult Female.—Differs chiefly from the female of P. chinguis 
in having the ocelli on the mantle and upper tail-coverts, 
though rudimentary, comparatively well-marked and glossed 
with dark green, changing to purple; those on the scapulars 
and secondary quills bordered above with narrow ,-shaped 
