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Lushai country the tail-feathers of a male 

 Peacock-Pheasant which apparently be- 

 longed to an unknown species. These tail- 

 feathers were similar to those of Germain's 

 Peacock-Pheasant, which occurs in Cochin 

 China ; but it is so extremely unlikely that 

 this bird should occur in the Lushai Hills 

 that it seems certain that a new species of 

 Peacock-Pheasant remains to be discovered 

 in the Lushai and Chin Hills. It will 

 have the tail of Germain's Peacock- 

 Pheasant, but its body-plumage will no 

 doubt differ. When rediscovered it will 

 bear the name Mr. Hume conferred on it 

 viz., Polyplectrum intermedium. 



The tail-feathers, as described by Mr. 

 Hume, are hair-brown spotted with pale 

 buff, and with elongated, oval, emerald- 

 green ocelli. 



A bird which I once obtained from 

 Bhamo and named P. helence, afterwards 

 proved to be a young specimen of the Grey 

 Peacock-Pheasant. 



There is a species of Peacock-Pheasant, 

 P. bicalcaratum.) which occurs in the 

 Malay Peninsula and may hereafter be 

 found in Tenasserim. It has a pair of 

 ocelli or brilliant spots on each of the 

 middle pair of tail-feathers, and a single 

 spot on the other tail-feathers, situated on 

 the outer web. 



