On three new Species of Birds from Brazil. 137 



1. Polyplectron chinquis. Bhotan Doars, Assam^ Sylhet, 

 Cachar, Chittagong, Arrakan, Teuasserim, and Lower 

 Burmah. 



2. Polyplectron bicalcaratum. Malay peninsula, Sumatra. 



3. Polyplectron germaini. Cochin China. 



4. Polyplectron helen(B. Upper Burmah. 



5. Polyplectron schleiermacheri. Interior of Borneo. 



6. Polyplectron chalcurum. Sumatra. 



7. Polyplectron napoleonis. Palawan, Philippines. (Ct". 

 Tweeddale, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 623). 



~~-~T XIII. — Descriptions of three new Species of Birds from 

 Bahia, Brazil. By Hans von Berlepsch. 



— f-1. Elainea taczanowskii, sp. nov. 



E. supra pallide grisea, notseo olivaceo tincto ; pilei plumis 

 mediis cristatis, ad basin albis et pallido flavo mixtis ; lor is 

 et superciliis iudistinctis albescentibus ; subtus alba, 

 pectore leviter griseo pcrfuso ; alis caudaque brunneis, 

 remigum primariorum et secundariorum marginibus ex- 

 ternis flavescenti- albis, tertiariis et tectricibus alarum 

 superioribus latins et purius albo extus marginatis ; tec- 

 tricibus alarum inferioribus et rectricum marginibus in- 

 terioribus flavescenti-albis ; rectricibus olivascente griseo 

 extus marginatis ; subcaudalibus albis ; rostro pedi- 

 busque cornels, mandibular basi pallida. Long, tota 116, 

 al. 614, caud. 54-4, rostr. 9i, tars. 16| millim. 

 Hab. Bahia, Brasilia. [Two specimens examined : one is 

 still in my collection (No. 5633) ; the other I have sent to the 

 Warsaw Museum. Both are of the peculiar make common 

 to all Bahia skins, and were selected by me from a large lot 

 received by Mr. Ashmead of London.] 



Obs. E. cinerea, Pelzeln (Orn. Bras. p. 108, ex Marabi- 

 tanas) forsan proxima, hsec nova species diifert dorso olivaceo 

 perfuso, albedine cinstse flavo mixta, marginibus alarum fla- 

 vescentioribus necnon rostro multo graciliore. E. canicipiti, 

 Swains., item aflfinis differt corpore supra non vii-idi, corpore 

 subtus fere albo, necnon alis caudaque longioribus. 



I have dedicated this new species to Dr. L. Taczanowski, 

 Director of the Warsaw Museum, well known to those who 



