436 A NOTE ON THE GENUS DENDROPHILA. 



what points they differ; that they are both found in the same 

 localities in a small tract of country, and that the natives (who 

 are exceedingly good at discriminating species, as I know from 

 personal experience) have only one name for them — Kirghaul. 

 The majority of the specimens I have seen approximate most 

 to the plate of P. insignia, but if, as 1 believe is the case, 

 there be only one species of Pheasant in Yarkand, I feel sure 

 that Mr. Elliot will be the first to agree that it should stand, 

 as Phasianus Shawi in honor of Mr. R. B. Shaw, who was 

 the first to introduce this beautiful Pheasant to the notice of 

 Europeans. 



J. S. 



Uote m i\t genus fmbvopjila:. 



By R. Bowdler Sharpe, f.l.s., f.z.s., &g. 



I recognise three species of this genus, viz., D. azurea (Less.), 

 D. frontalis (Horsf.) and D. corallina (Hodgs). The first of 

 these is of course extremely well characterised, but the last 

 two have generally been united as one species. An examination 

 of the series in the British Museum, however, shews they are 

 not specifically the same, but that the Himalayan bird is larger 

 and is always to be distinguished by its white throat ; in the 

 true D. frontalis of Java, the under surface is more richly 

 coloured, and the throat is lilac brown like the breast. I believe 

 the following to be the correct geographical distribution of the 

 three Dendrophilce, to which Hypherpes corallirostris of Mada- 

 gascar is closely allied. 



1. Dendrophila azurea. 



Hah. Java (Mus. Brit.): ic inhabits the woods on the slopes 

 of the Gedec mountains, Java" (Bernstein) . 



2. Dendrophila frontalis. 



Hah. Java (Horsfield) : Sumatra {Raffles): Borneo; 

 Sarawak (Doria, Beccari, Wallace), Bangermassing (Sc/iier- 

 hrand) . 



3. Dendrophila corallina. 



Hah. " This lovely little Nuthach is found over the greater 

 part of India in suitable localities. I have found it on the 

 Malabar coast, on the summit of the Neilgherries, in Central 

 India, in Goomsoor, and also on the Himalayas. It is also found 

 in Ceylon, Assam, Burmah, and Malayana. On the Himalayas 

 I have only found it in the warmer valleys aud not common ;" 

 (Jerdon); " found in great abundance in the dense woods of the 



