63 LLOYD'S NATURAL HISTORY 
and throat white; under-parts reddish-brown, faintly mottled 
with black and with pale shafts; orbital skin black. Total 
length, 14°5 inches ; wing, 6°8; tail, 5°5; tarsus, 2°2. 
Range.—Island of Palawan. 
Habits. Mr. J. Whitehead, who is one of the few Europeans 
who have trapped this bird in its native wilds, says :—‘‘ This 
splendid little Pheasant is scarce and local, all my specimens 
having been collected in one forest ; and although my men set 
hundreds of snares in other forests we never met with another 
during our three months’ stay. One female was eaten bya 
wild cat in one of the traps, and I rather suspect that this 
little tiger destroys numbers of this beautiful bird. 
“ This species, like the Argus Pheasant, has its ‘showing off’ 
arena, a neatly swept patch some three or four feet in dia- 
meter; the chosen spot is generally in some unfrequented 
part of the forest. I often noticed that this ring had a small 
hump of earth in the middle, where no doubt the male birds 
show off their splendid plumage and perhaps do battle. Their 
battles, if they have any, must be very short and decisive, as 
the double spurs of the cock would be sufficient to cut his 
adversary into bits. 
‘“T am inclined to think that the birds pair, and are not 
polygamous, as we collected three pairs; but that was not 
during the nesting-season, which is probably in the months 
of December and January.” 
Messrs. Bourns and Worcester add:—‘ P. napoleonts is 
extremely shy. All our specimens were snared, though Mr. 
Bourns caught a glimpse of a female on one occasion.” 
THE BRONZE-TAILED PEACOCK-PHEASANTS. GENUS 
CHALCURUS: 
Chalcurus, Bonap. Ann. Sci. Nat. (4) i. p. 146 (1854). 
Type, C. chalcurus (Less.). 
Tail elongate and wedge-shaped, as in Phastanus, and com- 
posed of s7xv/eex feathers, the middle pair nearly three times as 
