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feathers of a Pheasant which inhabits Mount Arizan, 

 Central Formosa. 



Mr. Groodf ellow writes : — " I found these feathers in the 

 head-dress of a savage, who had come to carry our 

 baggage. He said he had killed it on Mt. Arizan and 

 that it was rare." 



The feathers, which are shaped like the middle pair of 

 tail-feathers of G. humioe, are black, crossed bj about 

 twelve narrow grey bands, about 1'5 inches apart ; they 

 are very different from the tail-feathers of any known 

 species of Pheasant. They are incomplete at the base, 

 but measure about eighteen inches. 



Hah. Mount Arizan, Central Formosa. 



" Mr. Eothschild informs me that among the Mikado's 

 collection of live animals and birds, at Tokio, there are 

 said to be a pair of Pheasants from Formosa belonging to 

 an undescribed species, which he has been trying, so far 

 unsuccessfully, to acquire. The birds are said to be ^blue 

 with red legs,' a description which might apply to the 

 male of Gennceus swinhoei." 



Mr. Ogilvie-Gteant also described a new species of 

 Proparus from the Manipur Hills : — 



Pkopaeus manipurensis, sp. n. 



In the British Museum collection there are four examples 

 of a species of Proparus collected by Colonel Grodwin- Austen 

 on Owenkulno Peak in the Manipur Hills. 



These specimens, which were provisionally referred 

 to P. austeni, Grant, the type of which came from the 

 Naga Hills, prove to belong to a distinct species. They 

 are most nearly allied to P. formosanus, Grant, described 

 above, but differ in having the sides and flanks bright 

 tawny-rufous. The legs in the dried skins are of a light 

 brownish-yellow. 



Wing 2-15, tail 2-0, tarsus 0-92. 



Hah. Owenkulno Peak, Manipur Hills. 



Mr. Boyd Alexander forwarded for exhibition the 

 following new species of birds obtained by him during 



