S20 Is^otes. 



some specimens full}'; and in all nearly, one-half of the outer 

 portion of the first joint of the mid toe is plumed/' I have 

 now examined fully fifty specimens of each of these three species, 

 and find this distinction holds good invariably, and I may here 

 add, that I possess a nearly adult nipalensis brought me by Mr. 

 Davison from the Neilgherries. 



To return to our bird, (the feet of which by the way are feathered 

 as in caligatus) , it clearly belongs to none of these species. 



It naturally suggests itself that this may be the young of 

 Kienerii, and I dare sa ysimilar specimens have been identified 

 as such, but Kienerii was described from the Himalayas, and 

 a very fine adult female, cf. supra, p., 311 with a wing 17'5, has 

 a tarsus of only 3, and the longest tarsus of any female even of 

 this species that I have seen, was 3 "5, whereas our bird, if it 

 belonged to this species, must, with its wing only 14, be a 

 very small male, and yet it has a tarsus 3 "9. Besides this 

 it has a long full crest, while true Kienerii, has no well marked 

 lengthened crest, only the occipital feathers as a body slightly 

 longer than those above and below them. If it were not for the 

 seven bars on the tail, which however are probably not a con- 

 stant feature, I should believe that the specimen (cf. supra, p. 312) 

 figured by Jardine and Selbj^, might belong to the same species 

 as our present bird. 



It is not lanceolatus , Tem. and Schlegel, F. Jap., p. 7; 

 (fasciolatus, Schl., M. P. B., p. 9,) which is distinguished 

 b}' its absence of crest, and a male of which with the wing 

 14-5, has a tarsus 3* 12. Of this species, by the way, Mr. 

 Gurney remarks fiji ejnstj. 



S. lanceolatus, I believe to be quite restricted to the Celebes 

 and Sula Islands. The following are the measurements of a 

 female and male S. lanceolatus in the Norwich Museum : 



Male. Female. 



Entire length in inches ... ... 25* 28* 



'Wing from carpal joint to tip of primaries 14*5 17' 



Tail 9-75 11- 



Tarsus ... ... ... ... 3-12 3-62 



Middle toe with claw ... ... 2-87 3-62 



S. lanceolatus is figured under the name of S. cirrJiatits in 

 Schlegel's " Valk, Vogel,'' pi. 7, fig. 2, (immature,) and fig. 3, 

 (adult) ." 



It is not andamanemis , Tytler, for although the female of this 

 with a wing 14, has sometimes a tai'sus of nearly 3'75, this 

 species is crestless ; some old adults show traces of a crest, but 

 never a well marked, greatly elongated crest as in our bird. 



