70 POLYPLECTEUM. 



•with chrome-yellow. Neck-feathers olive-bronze, with purple and green centres 

 and narrow black borders. Lesser wing-coverts, tertiaries, and their coverts 

 and scapulars of uniform colour and unbarred. Thighs black. — Female : Neck 

 as in the male. Back and rump brown, barred and mottled buff. (H. & M. i. 93). 

 Found wild in Chittagong and Aracan, Burma to Siam, Cochin China, Malay 

 Peninsula, and Java. Sumatra doubtful. Eggs similar to those of P. cristatus. 

 The train begins to grow at the autumn moult, and attains its greatest development 

 by December. (B. 1325. 0. 58.) 



Note. — The tail is longer than wing in both sexes of the following, viz. Poly- 

 plectrum, Argusianus, Crossoptilum, Catreus, Phasianus, and Ghrysolophus. 



Genus POLYPLECTEUM. 



7roXiJs=many, ttX^kt/jo;' = an instrument to strike with, a quill. 



Crown-feathers soft and hair-like. Tail long, full and rounded, of twenty to 

 twenty-four feathers. Each tail-feather beautifully adorned with one or a pair of 

 metallic green or pink ocelli. These ocelli are rudimentary or absent in some 

 females. Two or three spurs on each tarsus in males. Found in Indo-Chinese 

 countries and the Malay Archipelago. None occur W. of Bay of Bengal, 



11. Polyplectrum chinquis. Thb Gkby Pea-Phbasant. 



Dounkalah, Aracan and Pegu; Munnowar, Deyodahuk, Assam; Deodurug, Oaro 

 Hills ; Kat-mor, Chittagong ; Shwe-doun, Burma. 



^ 24J" to 26", tail 12i" to 14"; IJ to If lbs. ? 19", tail 8"; 14 oz. to 1 lb. 

 Legs plumbeous. Bill horny brown. Spots grey-white on grey-brown ground. 

 White chin. Facial skin pale yellow. Crest brush-like. — Male: Plumage brown, 

 dotted white, with glossy violet ocelli, edged with successive rings of black, brown, 

 and grey. Tail-coverts and tail with divided pairs of greenish purple ocelli, one 

 on each side of the shaft. — Female : Head and neck dark brown, finely barred. 

 Black, blotchy ocelli. Primaries and greater coverts liver-brown. Back, rump, 

 and upper tail-coverts minutely pencilled buff-brown. Breast and abdomen hair- 

 brown, minutely speckled. Ocelli on central tail-feathers rudimentary, on outer 

 tail-feathers obscure, and on upper tail-coverts absent. (S.F. i. 36; H. & M. i. 110.) 

 Found from Sikkim to Assam, throughout Burma (except Pegu) to Mergui and 

 Siam. Eggs (2 x 1-44) buff (B. 1327.) 



12. Polyplectrum germaini. Gbrmain's Pba-Phbasant. 



<y 20". S 18|". General colour black-brown, irregularly spotted light brown. 

 Head, back of neck black, each feather barred white. Back, wing, and tail- 

 coverts with metallic spots, lustrous green and rich purple. Primaries dark brown. 

 Bill black. Feet black. (S.F. vii. 426.)— JfaZe .• Like P. ehinquis, but the 

 spots above are smaller and closer together. No white on throat. Facial skin 

 crimson. — Female : Ocelli on mantle and upper tail-coverts comparatively well 

 marked. Scapulars bordered with narrow black and buff bands. Found in 

 Cochin China. (O.G. ii. 64.) 



