410 Messrs. Robinson ««c? Kloss on Birds [Ibis, 



2 c? ad., 1 ^ vix acl., 3 2 vix ad. Dabau, 650 ft., S. Annam. 

 14-15 M;.rch, 1918. 



1 ? ad. Trang- Bom, Cocliiu China. 6 June, 1918. 



Adult male. '' Iris orange or vermilion, faeial skin blood- 

 red, tliroat-skin deep pink ; bill pale horny ; tarsi cerise, 

 spurs liorny.'^ 



Subadull male. " Iris hazel, facial skin blood-red, throat- 

 skin deep pink; bill pale grey with a ])ro\vn cere; tarsi 

 cerise, spurs horny. '^ 



Subadalt female. ''Iris orange-brown to bright hazel, 

 facial .skin l)loocl-red, throat-skin deep pink ; maxilla 

 blackish, mandible paler below; tarsi cerise, spurs horny. ^' 



I'he not quite adult males differ from the adult in having 

 the grej' of the breast and back less clear and slightly 

 vermiculated with blackish, the shining edges to the feathers 

 of the belly less developed, and the gold of the back with 

 grizzled grey patches similar to the mantle. The fully 

 adult female has the chestnut of the upper and under surface 

 dee[)er, the lower mantle not vermiculated, the tail dai-ker, 

 more finely vei'miculated, while the barred effect which 

 becomes progressively more marked in younger birds shows 

 a tendency to disappear. 



Males. T. L. 790, 765, 610; W. 210., ,245, 225 ; Ts. 95, 

 90, 91 mm. 



Female.^. T. L. 530, 560, 565, — ; W. 207, 209, 218, 215 ; 

 Ts. 75, 78, 78, 7C) mm. 



Greatest length of tail, male 393 ; female 240 mm. 



7. Polyplectrum bicalcaratum germaini Elliot. 



Polyplectrum germaini Elliot ; O. -Grant, Cat. Birds Brit. 

 Mus. xxii. 1893, p. 357 ; id. Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, xix. 1906, 

 p. 11; Baker, Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. xxiv. 1916, 

 p. 221. 



2 S ad. Daban, 650 ft., S. Annam. 16-22 March, 1918. 

 "Iris brown, orbital skin dull crimson; maxilla horny, 



mandil)lc fleshy, sides of bill dull i)ink ; feet leaden black." 



T. L. 590, 595; W. 220, 195 (worn) ; T. 325, 335 ;^ 

 Ts. 70, 66. 



