PHASIANID^:. 23 



Pavo spiciferus, Shaiv, Nat. Misc. pi. 641. 

 Pavo javanicus, Horsf. Linn. Trans, xiii. p. 185. 

 Pavo Aldrovandi, Wils. III. of Zool. pis. 14, 15. 

 Spiciferus muticus, Bp. Compt. Rend. 1856, p. 878. 



0, b. Malayan archipelago, male and female. From Mr. 

 Gould's Collection. 



c. ?, chick. From the Zoological Society's Collection. 



d, e. ?, hybrids. From the Zoological Society's Col- 



lection. 



2. POLYPLECTRON. 



Polyplectron, Temm. Gall. Ind. iii. p. 674 (1815). 

 Polyplectrum, Cuv. Reg. An. 1817, i. p. 438. 

 Diplectron, Vieill. Anal. p. 50 (1816). 

 Diplectropus, Glog. Handb. u. Hilfsb. der Naturg. p. 382 



(1842). 



Diplectrum, Agass. (1846). 

 Emphania, Reichenb. Syst. Av.-p. xxix (1853). 

 Chalcurus, Bp. Ann. des Set. Nat. (1854) p. 146. 



a. POLYPLECTRON. 

 1. POLYPLECTHON BiCALCABATUM. The Iris Polyplectron. 



Pavo bicalcaratus, Linn. S. N. i. p. 268 ; Edw. Birds, pi. 67 & 



pi. 69. f. 1. 

 Pavo chinquis, Mull. 



Polyplectron chinquis, Temm. Gall. iii. p. 675. 

 Polyplectron thibetanus, p., Bp. Compt. Rend. 1856, p. 878. 



a. India? 



The terminal ocellated spots on the tail are small and of a sub- 

 oval shape ; they are shining green, whiclyin some light becomes 

 entirely of a rich shining purple ; these spots are surrounded 

 with black, and then part ringed with a circle of brownish white, 

 which is broken posteriorly by the black ring fading into the 

 general colour of the feather. 



2. POLYPLECTKON CYCLOSPiLUM. The Round-spotted 

 Polyplectron. 



Polyplectron cyclospilum, G. JR. Gray. 

 Pavo calcaratus, Shaw, Lev. Mm. p. 73, pi. 

 Polyplectron chinquis, Temm. PL Col. 539. 

 Diplectron bicalcaratus, Vieill. Gal. des Ois. t. 203 ? 



