PHASIANID^. 
Genus HjOIATORTYX Sharpe. 
Haematortyx sanguiniceps Sharpe. Crimson -headed Wood -Partridge. 
HcBrnatortyx sanguiniceps Sharpe, Ibis, 1S79, p. 266 : Lawas Mts., 
North-west Borneo. 
Distr. — Borneo. 
Genus EXCALFACTORIA Bonaparte. 
Excalfactoria chineniii (Linn.). 1 Blue-breasted Button-Quail. 
Excalfactoria chineniis chinettiii (Linn.). 
Tetrao chinensis Linn., Syst. Nat, 12th, ed. i, 1766, p. 277: China. 
Distr. — Malay Peninsula. 
Sumatra (? North and East). 
Excalfactoria chinensis palmer! Riley. 
Excalfactoria chinensis palmeri Riley, Froc. Biol, Soc Wash, xxxii, 
1919, p. 93 ■ Darn, Java. 
Distr. — Sumatra (?South and West); Billiton; ? Banka. 
Java; North Watcher Island, Thousand Islands and Java Sea, 
Excalfactoria chinensis ltne&ta (Scop.). 
Oriolas linealus Scopoli, Del. Flor. et Faun. Insubr. pt. 2, 1786, 
p, 87 : Luzon, Philippine Islands. 
Excalfactoria chinensis eicrulescens Hachisuka, Bull. Bri\ Om, CL xlvii, 
1926, p. 69 : Sarawak, Borneo. 
Distr. — Borneo. 
Genus HOUPPIFER Gu6rin-M£neville. 
Houppifer erythrophthalmua (Raffles). Fire-back Pheasant. 
Houppifor erythrophthalmus erythrophthalmus (Raffles). 
Phorianus erythrophthalrnus Raffles, Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii, 1822, 
p. 321 : Bencooleu, West Sumatra. 
Houppifer diardii Gulr.-Mdn*, Icon. Rfeg. Anim., Ois, 1828-38, p, 26. 
pi. 43, fig, 2 : Java error = Sumatra. 
Phasianus purpureus Gray, 111 . Tnd. Zool. i, 1830-32, pi. 42 : Penang. 
Distr. — Malay States. 
Sumatra. 
1 This division of the Malaysian Excalfactoria cannot be regarded as 
final and large series, especially of females, from Sumatra, South Borneo 
and Java are needed to define the racial boundaries : it is doubtful if such 
series exist. The North Bornean and Sarawak bird is not separable from 
topo-typical lineato J but the Javan race, palmeri, seems distinct. Birds from 
the south of Borneo are, perhaps, falmeri. There are, at least, two races 
in Sumatra, and in some respects birds from the north of the island are 
approaching trinkutensis , described from the Nicobars. The racial distinc- 
tions seen in the Sunda Islands are remarkable as it seems quite impossible 
to split continental chinensis in spite of its wide range, although birds from 
Hainan look rather different in series. 
