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locality the " bordering regions of China and Tibet." Other ex- 

 amples obtained by Mr. Hodgson are in the British Museum. 



Genus 5. Crossoptilon, Hodgs. 

 Range. — Tibet, interior of China, and Tartary. 



1. Crossoptilon tibetanxjm. (Tibetan Eared- Pheasant.) 



Crossoptilon tibetanum, llodgs. Journ. As. Soc. Beng. vii. p. 804. 

 Hab. Eastern Tibet : only one specimen known, obtained by Mr. 

 Hodgson, and now in the British Museum. 



2. Crossoptilon auritum. (Pallas's Eared-Pheasant.) 



Phasianus auritus, Pallas, Zoogr. R. A. ii. p. 86. 



Crossojitilon auritum sive mantchuricum, Swinhoe, P. Z. S. 1862, 

 p. 286. 



Hab. Mantchuria, north of Pekin : obtained by Dr. Lamprey at 

 Pekin (see P. Z. S. 1862, p. 221). 



Genus 6. Euplocamus. 



Range. — Southern slopes of the Himalayas, and eastwards through 

 Burmese countries to Southern China and Formosa ; Sumatra and 

 Borneo, but not Java. 



Sect. A. Biardigallus. 



1. Euplocamus PR^LATUs. (Siamese Pheasant.) 



Diardigallus praslatus, Bp. Compt. Rend, xliii. p. 415 (1856) ; 

 Gould, B. Asia, pt. xii. 



Gallus diardi, Temm. in Mus. Lugd. ; 'Schlegel, Handl. t. d. 

 Dierk. i. p. 379. 



Diardigallus fusciolatus, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xxvii. p. 280. 



Euplocamus crawfurdi, in Mus. Brit. 



Biardigallus crawfurdi, Schomb. P. Z. S. 1862, p. 250. 



Hab. Siam ; Shan States, to the east of Kieng-Mai {^Schomburgk). 



Mus. Brit. 



Sect. B. Euplocamus. 



2. Euplocamus vieilloti. (Vieillot's Fire-back.) 



Gallus ignitus, Vieill. Gal. pi. 207 ( c? )• 

 Phasianus ignitus, Raffles, Linn. Trans, xiii. p. 320. 

 Euplocamus ignitus, J. E. Gray, Ind. Zool. ii. pi. 39 ( $ ). 

 Gallophasis vieilloti, G. R. Gray, Gen. B. iii. p. 498 ; Sclater & 

 Wolf, Zool. Sketches, ser. 2. pt. 1. pi. 6 (ex ave viva). 



(S . Niger, purpureo splendens : dorso imo ignescenti-castaneo : 

 lateribus albo notatis : rectricibus quatuor mediis fulvescenti- 

 albis. 



2 . Brunnea, plumis corporis subtus albo marginutis. 



Hab. Province of Mergui, Tenasserim, and southwards throughout 

 Malayan peninsula, Sumatra. 



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