402 MR. D. G. ELLIOT ON NEW PHEASANTS. _— [June 9, 
other smaller similar glands scattered on the body and legs. Hind 
toes slightly webbed. A blunt tubercle at the base of the first toe. 
NANNOPHRYNE VARIEGATA. (Plate XXX. figs. 1 & 2.) 
Head of moderate width. Snout short, about as long as the 
diameter of the eye; no canthus rostralis, loreal region sloping. 
Choanze very small. An ovate, well-defined parotoid gland behind 
the eye; another smaller at some distance behind it. There are 
other similar but very small glands on the crown of the head, on the 
sides of the neck, on the back, and one on the calf of the leg. In 
young examples all these glands are very indistinct. The length 
of the body equals the distance between the vent and the end of 
the first toe. Subarticular tubercles but slightly developed ; meta- 
tarsus with two tubercles; no fold along the tarsus. Toes flattened, 
third and fifth equal in length; web very narrow. 
The young is black, prettily ornamented with about five well- 
defined green, nearly white, bands, which run along the back, but 
are rather irregular on the head. Also the legs are black, with 
irregular green stripes and spots. Lower parts greenish, mottled 
with black, both colours being distributed in about equal proportions. 
In old examples the ornamental colours are indistinct ; and they may 
be uniformly brown, with scarcely a trace of the pretty coloration of 
the younger state. 
Specimens of this Frog were taken by Dr. Cunningham, the 
Naturalist of the Magellan Straits’ Expedition at Puerto Bueno, 
Port Grappler, and in Eden Harbour. The largest is 35 millims. 
long, the hind limb being 47, and the fourth toe 13 millims. long. 
Liroria AuREA. (Plate XXX. fig. 3.) 
Hyla aurea, auct. 
A number of examples received from tropical parts of Australia, of 
the north as well as west, belong to a very marked variety of this 
widely distributed species. The bluish spots on the back are smaller 
and more numerous than in the type, and more distinctly marked, 
with a darker edge; and the lower sides are densely reticulated with 
black. Groin and inside of the thighs black, with white spots. 
The black reticulations are the more developed the larger the indivi- 
dual; and very young specimens have the lower parts white, entirely 
immaculate. 
The figure represents an old example of this Frog. 
3. Description of new Species of Pheasants from the Province 
of Yarkand, Eastern Turkestan, and from the Island of 
Formosa. By D. G. Exuior, F.L.S., F.Z.S., &e. 
Through the kindness of Capt. C. H. 'T. Marshall, Bengal Staff 
Corps, I have been enabled to examine a small collection of mam- 
