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N. KURODA : THE NOTES ON FORM OS AN IilRDS, Willi 



dish brown ; or pale brownish red ; fleshy face carmine red ; lower eyelid 

 pale reddish white. 



Ç ad. Bill, feet, tees and claws nearly as in the males, though some- 

 what paler. Iris pale brown ; fleshy face red, but not carmine red. 



The measurements are as follows : 



Sex 



Total L. 



Bill from Gape 



Wing 



Tail 



Tarsus 



# ad. 



855 mm. 



33.5' mm. 



225 mm. 



490 mm. 



67. T mm. 



ad. 



893 mm. 



32 mm. 



230 mm. 



525 mm. 



67.5 mm. 



* ad. 



530 mm. 



31 mm. 



215 mm. 



200 mm. 



60 mm. 



ad. 



525 mm. 



2S mm. 



215 mm. 



215 mm. 



61 mm. 



The stomach contents consisted of some well digested substance, be- 

 sides a number of pebbles. The crops were filled with vegetable matter, 

 among which Dr. B. Hayata has recognized parts of such plants as ferns, 

 Ptcris Aster, Tsitga, Copt is, etc. In the crop of one female there were 

 found, besides, some twenty one larvae of the Tipulidae. It may be men- 

 tioned that, according to informations from the natives, the Mikado Phea- 

 sant is found of the fruit of the wild berry (Rubus arisanensis Hay.), the 

 red seeds of "Fukühyö" (Clerodcndron sp.), etc. 



25. Gennœus sìvinltoii (Gould). 



Sakei, Owakei, Seiban-kiji. 



Grant, Cat. B. Br. Mus., XXII, p. 309 ; Grant and La Touche, Ibis, 

 1907, p. 276 ; Uchida, Annot. Zool. Japon., 191 2, p. 154; Euplocamus 

 szvin hoii Gould, Swinhoe, P.Z.S., 1871', p. 399; Tada, Taiwanchôrui Ippan, 



P- 93- 



Horisha, Nantö Distr.: 1 £ & 1 Ap. 29; Arisan : 1 May 12. This 

 beautiful pheasant was met with not uncommon in the mountainous parts of 

 the Nantö Distr., at an elevation of 4-6000 ft. On Arisan it was rare above 

 8000 ft. altitude. 



