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in Africa was doubtful^ and that he considered P. carho 

 maroccanus of Morocco^ P. carho lugubris of N.E. Africa, 

 and P. carho lucidus from South Africa to be geographical 

 representatives of P. carho carho. 



The Hon. Walter Eothschild, Ph.D., M.P., sent for 

 exhibition a new form of Polyplectron, which he described 

 as follows : — 



Polyplectron katsumatje, sp. n. 



cJ ad. Top of head and hind-neck blackish, with fine 

 pale greyish mottlings ; wings and wing-coverts blackish- 

 brown, with pale rufous brown dots ; back, rump, and 

 upper tail-coverts brownish-black, with whitish-buff spots. 

 Eye-spots on tail, wings and scapulars greenish-blue when 

 held against the light, yellowish-green when held from the 

 light, those on the wings surrounded by a blackish inner 

 and a brownish outer ring, and a whitish border towards 

 the tip, those on the rectrices by a blackish inner and a wide 

 ashy-brown outer ring. Eectrices dark brown, before 

 the eye-spots with small brown, behind the eye-spots with 

 larger round buff y- white, spots. Chin and upper throat 

 white, rest of the under surface deep brown with yellowish- 

 buff irregular wavy cross-bars and mottlings. Bill slate- 

 black, base reddish ; iris lavender-grey ; feet dark plum- 

 beous, metatarsus with two long and sharp spurs. Wing 

 19-19-7, longest rectrices about 28 cm. 



The adult female differs from the adult male in the 

 same way as females of other allied forms differ from 

 their males. 



Hah. Mt. Wuchi, Hainan. Type no. 2688, ^ ad. Mt. 

 Wuchi, 18. X. 1905. Named in honour of the collector, 

 Mr. Katsumata, of Japan. 



'' This beautiful new species is smaller than any of its 

 allies. It is nearest to P. cjermaini, from Cochin China, but 

 that form is larger, has the eye-spots violet when held against 

 the light, dark purplish-green when held from the light ; 

 the spotting and mottling on the back, rump, tail-coverts and 

 underside are finer and of a different colour, and the upper 



