Birds of Palawan. 57 



118. TlJRTUR TIGRINA. M. 



Scarce and very local. 



119. MACROPYGIA TENUIROSTRIS. P. 



Fairly common, frequenting thick undergrowth and low- 

 jungle. 



120. PoLYPLECTRON NAPOLEONIS. f- 



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 three months. One female was eaten 

 by a wild cat in one of the traps, and I rather expect 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 

 diameter ; 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 deci- 

 sive, as the double spurs of the cock would be sufficient to 

 cut his adversary into bits. 



I 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. 



Eye dark hazel j skin round eye and patch on cheek of the 

 male reddish pink ; legs blackish brown. 



Mr. A. H. Everett gives the name as " Tandikan " ; but 

 the natives of Palawan call it " Sulu Malak" and "Dusan 

 Bertik." 



121. Gallus bankiva. M., P. ; but, as yet, not found in 

 Borneo. 



Common in the forests. I captured a cock and two hens, 

 which soon became tame. 



122. EXCALFACTORIA CHINENSIS. M. 



Fairly common on the open plains. 



