1919-] f>'om South Annam and Cochin China. 411 



This form seems little more than a subspecies of P. bical- 

 caratum from the eastern Himalayas, of wliich P. b. chhiquis 

 is the Burmese representative. 



8. Gallus gallus (Linn.). 

 Kloss, Ibis, 1918, p. 81. 



1 c?, 2 ?. Trang Bom, Cochin China. 1-6 June, 

 1918. 



3c?,2?. Daban, 650 ft., S. Annam. 18-23 March, 

 1918. 



Male. " Jris orange to brown, ear-lappet blush white; 

 maxilla horny browu, mandible horny yellow or brownish 

 grey; feet leaden black.'' 



Afales. W. 215, 220, 211, 222 mm. 



Females. W. 192, 195, 190, 195 mm. 



9. Pavo muticus Linn. 



Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. Birds Brif. Mas. xxii. p. 371. 



1 ? vix ad. Djiring, 3000 ft., S. Annam. 10 April, 

 1918. 



T. L. 1050; W. 425 mm. 



''Lower eyelid greenish, edge of eyelids dull black; bill 

 black, base of lower mandible bluish grey ; bare skin sur- 

 rounding the eyes turquoise tinged with cobalt; lower and 

 posterior bare areas gamboge-yellow finely vermiculated 

 Avith green ; feet black.'' 



Peacocks were seen on the river-banks between Xomgom 

 and Daban. 



10. Turnix pugnax rostrata Swinh. 



Turnix rustrata Swiidioe, Ibis, 1865, pp. 542-544. 



Turnix pugnax atrogularis Baker (nee Eyton), Journ. 

 Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. xxiii. 1905, p. 405. 



2 S ad., 1 S itnra., 1 ? vix ad. Tour Cham, Phanrang, S. 

 Annam. 20-21 May, 1918. 



1 ? ad. Dran, 3000 ft., S. Annam. 15 May, 1918. 



Male. "Iris yellowish white; maxilla blackish, edges 

 plumbeous; mandible pale plumbeous; feet Heshy grey." 

 Female. '-Iris yellowish white; maxilla pale grey,' base 



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