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upper back ; the portion on the back is lined at the sides and below with 

 a broad lining of bright chestnut with golden and coppery reflexions ; 

 there is also a small patch of white on the occiput. 

 Kab % — Formosa. 



Length of life in captivity. 

 A male has been living for upwards of five years. 



(363) THE BTJFOUS-TAILED PHEASANT. 

 (EUPLOCAMUS EBYTHROPTHALMUS— {Baffles) ) 



The general colour of the plumage black of different shades, the 

 rump scarlet, and the tail buff. The female has a dingy greenish 

 plumage, and possesses long spurs like the male. 



Bab. — Malacca. 



There is no record of the length of life. 



(364) VIEILLOT'S FIREBACK. 



(EUPLOCAMUS VIEILLOTI- (Gray.) ) 



Description. — Crest and general plumage steel blue ; feathers of 

 the wings and back margined with brilliant blue; rump bright red; 

 primaries dusky brown ; upper tail coverts shining blue ; central tail 

 feathers white ; remainder black with a bluish gloss ; feathers of the 

 flank streaked white at the centre ; bare skin of the face deep blue ; 

 crest compressed below but expanded at the top ; the general colour of 

 the plumage of the female is chocolate brown. 



Hab. — Malay peninsula and Sumatra. 



Length of life in captivity. 

 Specimens lived over five years. 



(365) THE BOKNEAN FIREBACK. 



(EUPLOCAMUS NOBILIS— Sclater.) 



Description. — Crest like that of the preceding species and blue-black 

 in colour ; neck, upper breast, and back shiny black, with blue and 

 green reflexions ; wings brownish black, with greenish margins to the 

 secondaries and tertiaries ; primaries and under tail coverts black, with 

 metallic margins; middle of the abdomen and thighs black; tail 

 black with the exception of the four central feathers, which are brownish. 



Hab. — Borneo. 



A male lived about ten months only. 



