The Humming Bird. 11 



In this pamphlet he states that Mr. D. G. Elliot is the first 

 author who mentioned the difference between the feathers of 

 this bird and those of Argusianus giganicus. 



I quite agree with him, as I consulted that plate myself, and 

 it is due to it that I was able to identify the feathers brought 

 by Capt. Rheinard in 1880 ; but I am in doubt about the name 

 which must be selected as the author of the species. 



I will be greatly obliged to modern Ornithologists to give 

 me their opinion about it. 



Now I will give the description of a fine male specimen of 

 my Collection, now the property of the Hon. Lionel Walter 

 de Rothschild. 



Rheinardius ocellatus, Verr phoenix ? 



Argus R/ieinardia, Maing. No description. 

 Rheinardia ocellata, Maing Sci. pour. tous. July, 1882, 

 p. 210. 



Rheinardws ocellatus, Oustalet. 



Habitat Buih-Dinh (Tonkin). 



Male : — Head black, Lores pale silvery white, under which 

 runs a black line. Ear-coverts nearly black. Crest blackish 

 in front, then dirty rufous, then silvery white. It is over two 

 inches high. Chin silvery white. Throat deep rufous, paler 

 near the chin. Upper and under surface black covered all 

 over with small irregular white and pale rufous spots, dark on 

 back, lighter on wing-coverts, and reddish-brown on breast, 

 abdomen and flanks. The median rectrices are four feet long, 

 and five inches wide at base, terminating gradually at a point. 

 Lateral are also very wide at base, but generally shorter, the 

 last being scarcely over one foot and a half long, all of them 

 terminating to an acute point. The colour of the median rectrices 

 is slate coloured in centre, somewhat darker on each side, pro- 

 fusely covered all over with conspicuous round silvery white 

 spots, intermixed with irregular rufous ones. Along the shaft, 

 to the two thirds of its length, there are two rows of white 

 ocellated .rufous spots, black in centre. These gradually 

 disappear. The lateral feathers, which are of a darker colour, 

 are marked in a similar way, and the round spots are pale 

 rufous instead of silvery white, the ocellated spots along the 

 shaft and the irregular spots between are also darker. All 

 the tips are black. Bill, flesh colour at base, then yellow. Legs, 

 flesh colour. 



Total length, 5 feet. Wing, 1-2 ineh. Tail, 4 feet. Cul- 

 men, 2 inches. 



This remarkable species inhabits temperate countries at 



