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Asia, VII., pi. 51 (1870); Elliot, Mon. Phas., I., pi. 7 (1872); 

 Hume, Str. F., VI., p. 481 (1874); Hume and Dav., iUd., VI., p. 

 434 (1878); Hume and Marsh., Game B., Ind., p. 114 (1878); 

 Hume, Str. F., VIII., p. 68 (1879); Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. B. Brit' 

 M., XXII., p. 357 (1893); id., Game B. II., p. (35 (1897). 



Polyplectron malaccensis. — Eobinson, Cat. B. Malay Pen p 1 

 (1910). 



Polyplectron hardivickii . — J. E. Gray, 111., Ind. Zool., ^I., pi. 37 

 (1830-32). 



Polrjiolectron lineatum. — J. E. Gray, 111., Ind. Zool., I., pi. 38 

 (1830-2). 



Poll/plectrum hicalcaratum. — Blanf., F. B. I. Birds , IV.. p. 74 

 (1893); Gates, Game B., I., p, 234 (1898); H. R.Baker, Jour. 

 B. N. H. S., XVII., p. 764; Sharpe, Hand-L., I., p. 39 (1899). 



PolLiplectrum hicakaratus . — Gjddenstolpe, Sued. Ex. Siam, p. Q6 

 (1913). 



Vernacular Names. — Gou-ga-san (^Siamese). 



PescriiMon — Adult Male. — Head and nape above mottled buff and 

 dark broMai with a well-developed crest of metallic green feathers, 

 not hair-like as in hicalcaratum ; neck and extreme upper back nar- 

 rowljr barred huffish white and dai-k brown ; remainder of upper 

 parts rich rufous-buif, dotted everywhere with black and the feathers 

 of the mantle and most of the wing coverts with ocelli at their tips. 

 These ocelli are blue-green without the varying reflections shown in 

 that of hicalcaratum, and have only an indication of a buff ring sur- 

 rounding the black one. The ocelli on the tail are similar to those 

 of the Grey Peacock-Pheasant but run into one another instead of 

 being separated by a we'l-defined dividing shaft line ; many of the 

 shorter tail feathers also have an ocellus only on the outer web. On 

 some of the longer rectrices the colouring on the part succeeding 

 the ocelli near the tip is richer than that preceding it. 



Below, the plumage is like that of hicalcaratum, but browner and 

 more uniform except on the lower neck and upper breast which is 

 often boldly mottled; chin and throat dull buff; under tail coverts 

 more boldly barred with black and buff than in hicalcaratum and 

 with black blotches near the tip. 



Measurements.—Wing 7'5" (180-3 mm.) to 8-4" (213-3 mm.); tail 

 10" (254 mm.) to 13" (330 mm.). 



Colours of soft parts. — Iris white ; legs and feet dull greenish 

 black to black ; bill, dark horn brown, culmen blackish and tij) 

 black ; orbital skin dull red. 



Adult Female. — Above, from forehead to neck dull brown, the 

 centres paler, and with no crest ; upper plumage as in the male but 

 duller and less mottled, the hind neck and extreme upper back being 

 merely finely vermiculated brown and buff. The ocelli on the back 

 are replaced by brownish black markings and the ocelli on the tail 



