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rock ; at the bottom of the hole, and away from the reach of my 

 arm, was a Land-crab, which, undismayed by my presence, pounced 

 on the unhappy Rabbit and killed it before I could come to its 

 rescue. The earliest records of the island tend to show that the 

 Land-crabs have always been troublesome, as a reward was and is 

 now given for their destruction. I have only observed them going 

 to the sea during the months of February and March. Their 

 journey to the sea is only made at night or towards evening ; on 

 their return they come at all times. I do not know at what season 

 they cast their shells ; but I am led to think, from the number of 

 old ones J have seen, that it is soon after their return from the sea. 

 They are but seldom eaten on the island, although when properly 

 cooked they form no mean dish ; but they are not of nearly so deli- 

 cate a flavour as the West-Indian Land-crab." 



Mr. Sclater exhibited skins of the male and female of the new 

 Pheasant from Borneo, lately described by Mr. Sharpe (Annals of 

 Nat. Hist. ser. 4, vol. xiv. p. 373) as Lobiophasia bulweri, and 

 figured in Part 27 of Gould's ' Birds of Asia.' 



A pair of these birds had been procured from Borneo in December 

 last by Mr. Scheepmaker, of Sourabaya, agent to the Royal Zoolo- 

 gical Society of Amsterdam. The male bird had died in Java ; the 

 female had been forwarded alive to Amsterdam, but had arrived in 

 a weak condition and lived only a few weeks. Mr. Westermann's 

 kindness had enabled Mr. Sclater to exhibit these fine birds, of 

 which the female was previously unknown, and might be described 

 as follows : — 



Lobiophasis bulweri, fern. (Plate XLIV.) 



Brunnea, subtus in castaneum vergens, fusco omnino minutissime 

 vermiculata : capite minus rufescente et in gutture valde palli- 

 diore : lateribus capitis totis nudis, in ave viva ceerulescen- 

 tibus, carunculis utrinque duabus minutis, altera ad latns 

 menti, altera ad nuckatn sit is : remigibus et red ricibus satu- 

 rate brunneis, unicoloribus : cauda rotundata, e rectricibus ut 

 videtur xxviii. composita : rostro corneo, pedibus rubris : long, 

 tota 20, alee 9, eaudce rectr. ext. 3'7, med. 5'7, tarsi 3*5. 

 Obs. There are slight indications of the tarsal spurs in the female. 

 The tail is not perfect ; but there appear to have been at least 28 

 rectrices (an extraordinary number) ; and in the skin of the male I 

 make 15 on one side, so that 30 is probably the full complement. 

 Mr. Sharpe does not give the number of tail-feathers in his 

 specimen. 



Mr. Garrod, who kindly examined the body of the female, reports 

 the gizzard as strongly muscular ; the small intestine 5*4 in., the 

 large 4 ft. 6 in. in length ; the cseca 6 in. in length ; the oil-gland 

 nude or very slightly tufted. 



The sternum, which I exhibit, appears to be very like that of Euplo- 

 eamus. 



