284 MR. GOULD ON NEW BIRDS FROM FORMOSA. [Nov. 25, 
blood-red ; back dull green, passing into greenish yellow on the rump ; 
shoulders and upper part of the wings dull wax-yellow ; primaries 
olive-brown, with small elongated marks of buff on their external 
margins ; internal webs of the greater coverts and primaries crossed 
with distinct bars of greyish white ; throat and cheeks grey ; under 
parts of the shoulders and axillaries alternately barred with greenish 
white and blackish brown; chest and under surface sordid green. 
Total length, 101 inches; bill, 13; wing, 12; tail, 51; tarsi, 3. 
Remark.—The species to which this bird is most nearly allied is 
the Gecinus occipitalis of the Himalayas, from which however it is 
conspicuously different. I have adopted its Chinese name for a 
specific appellation. 
EvuPLocamus Sswinuor, Gould. 
Male: forehead black, gradually blending into the snowy-white 
lanceolate plumes which form a slight crest, and continue in a 
narrow line down the nape of the neck ; back snowy white, offering a 
strong contrast to the narrow black line with which it is bounded 
on each side, and the rich fiery chestnut of the scapularies ; lower 
part of the back, rump, and upper tail-coverts intense velvety black, 
broadly margined with shining steel or bluish black, these scale- 
like feathers gradually becoming of a larger size and of a more uniform 
black as they approach the tail-feathers ; wings blackish brown ; the 
greater and lesser coverts fringed with green ; two centre tail-feathers 
snow-white, the remainder black; the somewhat elongated feathers 
of the chest and flanks black, with shining blue reflexions; thighs 
and under tail-coverts dull black ; legs and spurs blood-red, except 
the tips of the latter, which are brown; sides of the face mottled to 
an extent seldom seen even among Gallinaceous birds; in front this 
appearance extends to the nostrils, while posteriorly it terminates in 
a point near the occiput; a lange lappet hangs down over each cheek, 
and a more pointed one rises, in the form of a horn, high above the 
crown, the whole being of the finest red, and covered with papillee, 
as in the Genneus nychthemerus ; bill light horn-colour. 
Total length, 28 inches; bill, 14; wing, 9; tail, 17; tarsi, 4. 
Female: this sex offers a strong contrast to the male, from there 
being no appearance of a crest in any specimen I have seen, and in 
the entire plumage being reddish or orange-brown, particularly the 
under surface; when examined in detail, however, many different 
but harmonizing tints are seen on the various parts of the body: on 
the back of the neck, mantle, scapularies, and lesser wing-coverts, the 
freckled brown feathers have lanceolate or spearhead-shaped mark- 
ings surrounded with black down their centres, while the rump and 
upper tail-coverts are more uniformly and more finely freckled with 
orange and dark brown ; primaries alternately barred on both surfaces 
with chestnut and dark brown ; secondaries dark brown, conspicuously 
barred with ochre-yellow; throat brownish grey; chest orange- 
brown, each feather with two crescentic markings of dark brown ; 
centre of the abdomen and thighs orange-brown, slightly freckled 
with darker brown ; two centre tail-feathers dark brown, obscurely 
