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43. OsMOTRERON VERNANS (135). 



[P. Princesa, $>, January 2, 1878: iris (in dead bird) orange; 

 bill lead-grey, base yellow-olive ; feet carmine ; claws grey.] 



44. Treron nasica. 



Treron nasica, Schlegel, Ned. Tijdscbr. Dierk. i. p. 67. 



[P. Princesa, 6 2, January 1878: iris deep brown, witb outer 

 ring of burnt sienna-orange ; orbital skin bright emerald-green ; 

 base of bill dull crimson, the rest pale greenish-yellow ; feet carmine.] 



45. Carpophaga ^nea (141). 



[P. Princesa, $ , January 1878: iris pure crimson; bill bluish 

 grey ; feet violet-carmine ; nails dark grey. 2 , December 28, 1877: 

 iris deep crimson ; orbital ring crimson ; bill light grey ; feet car- 

 mine ; nails dark grey.] 



46. POLYPLECTRON EMPHANES. 



Polypectron emphanum, Temm. PI. Col. 540 ; Elliot, Phasianidse, 

 vol. i. pi. 9. 



[P. Princesa, S , January 1878: iris dark rich brown; orbital 

 and loral regions crimson ; bare setigerous skin above the eye livid 

 brown ; bill, including vaulted base of maxilla, very dark brown, tip 

 horny ; legs, feet, and nails purple-brown. 



Native name "Tandikan." 



2 juv. : orbital skin black, otherwise not different from the male.] 



The male of this beautiful Pheasant was first described and figured 

 by Temminck on the 14th of May, 1831, from a single example in 

 the museum of the Prince of Essling (I. c). Its habitat was 

 unknown, but was believed to be either one of the Sunda Islands 

 or else one of the Moluccas. In the same year, but earlier, Lesson 

 (Tr. p. 437) enumerated the species under number 47 of the genus 

 Polyplectron, and called it P. napoleonis ; but as he gave no de- 

 scription, his title falls. 



A second specimen of the species was afterwards acquired from 

 Messrs. Verreaux by the British Museum ; but the habitat still re- 

 mained unknown, the late Mr. G. R. Gray giving it as the Moluccas 

 (List Birds B. Mus., Gallinse, 1867, p. 25). Mr. Sclater (P. Z. S. 

 1863, p. 124) attributed its habitat, with some doubt, to the island 

 of Borneo, in which he was followed by Mr. Elliot (I. c). Mr. 

 Everett has now cleared up all doubts ; for he has found this Phea- 

 sant living in the island of Palawan near the Spanish settlement of 

 Puerto Princesa, and has sent me three examples — one of the adult 

 male, one of the immature female, and one of an immature male. 



This is the second instance in which Mr. Everett has established 

 the correct habitat of a little-known and remarkable bird. 



The young male has the lengthened crest-plumes brown, partially 

 tinged with green. The brilliant bluish-purple wing-coverts and 

 interscapulars of the fully adult are absent, only a trace presenting 

 itself on one covert of each wing. Whereas in the adult the nape 

 and neck are black with brilliant green borders to the feathers, and 



