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Mr. W. R. Ogilvie Grant on the 



on the fore part of the neck and chest of the latter is re- 

 placed by an intensely bright crimson, the feathers being- 

 glossy and somewhat decomposed, while the dark brown 

 feathers of the breast are indistinctly edged with pale crimson. 

 The only member of the Partridge- tribe in any way ap- 

 proaching this bird in colour is the Hainan Wood-Partridge 

 {Arboricola ardens), recently described and figured by Mr. F. 

 W. Styan (Ibis, 1893, p. 436, pi. xii.). 



This last-named Arboricola has a large patch of shining 



d. c. b. a. 



a. Feather from lower back of Ilceinatortyx sanguiniceps ; b. Aftershaf t. 

 c. Feather from lower back of Culoperdix oculea ; d. Aftersliaft. 



orange-scarlet feathers on the middle of the neck and cliest, 

 and is, perhaps, a more remarkable instance than Haimatortyx 

 of the surprises nature has yet in store for us, belonging, 

 as it does, to a genus in which even the closely allied forms 

 from Upper Burma and Formosa show no traces of brilliant 

 colour. 



The Crimson-headed Partridge inhabits the dense forests 

 of Northern Borneo, and all the examples have, I believe, 

 been caught in snares : certainly those obtained by Messrs. 

 Hose and Everett were obtained in this way, Mr. White- 



