414 0)1 the Habits and Range of Buhver's Pheasant. 



brought in from the coast of Borneo, just opposite that 

 British Colony, in December 1874. It was taken to Mr. 

 (now Sir Hugh) Low, who was known to the natives far and 

 Avide as a collector of birds, beasts, butterflies, and fishes. 

 As Sir Henry Bulwer (then Governer of Labuan, and now 

 High Commissioner of Cyprus) was just leaving for England, 

 Mr. Low gave him the skin, which he took home and 

 presented to the British Museum, where it was named 

 after him, by Mr. Sharpe, Lobiophasis bulweri. This speci- 

 men came from the Upper Lawas, a small river in the 

 Sultanate of Brunei, on the west coast of Borneo, which has 

 become somewhat famous for its wealth in birds and orchids. 



It is strange that though Mr. Low had collectors hunting 

 for him, probably ever since the foundation of the Colony of 

 Labuan in 1848, no Bulwer's Pheasant was ever brought in 

 till the end of 1874. 



The late Mr. H. T. Ussher succeeded Sir Henry Bulwer 

 as Governor, and after I had been up the Lawas, and made 

 special communications with the Kadayan and Murut 

 natives, we had no trouble in procuring skins, though we 

 found it difficult to keep the birds alive, and I do not think 

 any living specimen has yet reached home. Most of my 

 skins are included in the collection of Borneo birds which I 

 presented to the Oxford University Museum, which was 

 catalogued by Mr. Sharpe (P. Z. S. 1877, p. 93). 



Soon afterwards, I think, we heard that the bird had been 

 discovered in Dutch Borneo. The native name of this 

 pheasant is ' Karampagi,' given to it from the curious shape of 

 the white tail, which resembles that of a knife used by the 

 natives for cutting the ears ofpadi (rice). The only other 

 district in Northern Borneo where I have heard of the 

 Bulwer^s Pheasant being common is that of the Kimabatangan 

 river, which flows out on the east coast of British North 

 Borneo. Mr. G. Hewett, who was for some time the repre- 

 sentative of the British North Borneo Government in that 

 district, and resided at Penungah, some 170-200 miles up 

 the river, has kindly favoured me with the following notes : — 

 " I am afraid I cannot tell you very much about the Bulwer 



