380 MR. P. L. SCLATER ON CENTROPSAR MIRUS. [June 1, 
in fine condition. Besides the adult Casuarius westermanni*, a 
second, younger, example of the same Cassowary was in the col- 
lection. 
In the gardens belonging to the Society “‘ Natura Artis Magistra”’ 
at Amsterdam, the series of Pheasants and Cranes had attracted his 
special attention. Amongst the former were several fine pairs of 
Euplocamus vieillotit and E. nobilis (of the latter of which species 
a pair had been obtained for the Society’s collection) and a single 
example of Z. pyronotus of Borneo. 
Besides examples of both the common and Victoria Crowned 
Pigeons (Goura coronata and G. victoria), was a single specimen 
of what appeared to be a third form of this group, most nearly allied 
to G. coronata, but having a vinaceous red chest. Of this bird, Mr. 
Sclater hoped, throngh the kindness of Mr. Westerman, to be able 
to give further particulars upon a future occasion. 
At Antwerp the Pheasants and Antelopes had specially attracted 
Mr. Sclater’s attention, as had likewise three young Tiger-cubs, 
born in the Gardens on the 14th of October, 1873, and most 
successfully foster-mothered by a large bitch. Most interesting 
specimens were likewise a West-African Bos brachyceros (sive pu- 
milus), and the light-coloured Eagle from the Dobrudscha, upon 
which the species Aquila culleni had recently been established by 
Dr. Bree (‘ Birds of Europe,’ 2nd edit. vol. i. p. 89). 
Mr. Sclater laid on the table the typical specimen of his Centro- 
psar mirus (P. Z. 8S. 1874, p. 176, pl. xxvi.), and made the following 
remarks :— 
*‘ My suspicions having been awakened as to this specimen by in- 
formation received from Mr. E. Bartlett and by the criticisms of Dr. 
Cabanis (‘ Journ. fiir Orn.’ vol. xxii. 1874, p. 458), I have made a 
thorsugh reexamination of it. 
“‘ The result arrived at is that the supposed novelty is undoubtedly 
composed of parts of three other birds. ‘The head, wings, and body 
are those of a female or immature Icterus, possibly I. auduboni, 
though I have no specimen quite agreeing with it. To this have 
been added the worn tail of an Ageleus gubernator or A. pheniceus, 
and the legs of an Otocorys. 
“‘Centropsar mirus may therefore be removed from the ornitholo- 
gical category. Mr. E. Bartlett tells me that there were other ficti- 
tious specimens in the same collection.” 
* Called Casuarius kaupi, P. ZS. 1872, p. 147, pl. ix. 
t Mr. Elliot, in his recent monograph of the Pheasants (plate xxvi. of vol. ii.), 
has united L. vieilloti to E. ignitus, considering the latter (founded on Phasia- 
nus ignitus of Shaw, not of Latham, as usually quoted) to be the young of the 
former. This I believe to be an error, as I cannot but consider the specimens 
of E. ignitus in the Leyden and British Museums to be fully adult birds. Mr. 
Westerman also tells me he has had an example of ZL. ignitus (Shaw) alive, and 
that it is decidedly distinct. Unfortunately its patria is not yet positively 
known. See my diagnosis of these three species, P. Z.S. 1863, p. 118. 
