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Mr. R. Swinhoe on Formosan Ornithology. 
the tips of the latter, which are brown. Sides of the face wattled 
to an extent seldom seen even among gallinaceous birds; in 
front it extends to the nostrils, while posteriorly it terminates 
in a point near the occiput; a large lappet hangs down over 
each cheek, and a more pointed one rises, in the form of a horn, 
high above the crown, the whole being of the finest red, and 
covered with papillae, as in the Gennceus nychthemerus ; bill light 
horn-colour. 
“ Total length 28 in.; bill 1J; wing 9; tail 17; tarsi 4. 
“ Female. This sex offers a strong contrast to the male, from 
there being no appearance of a crest in any specimen I have 
seen, and in the entire plumage being reddish or orange-brown, 
particularly the under surface; when examined in detail, how¬ 
ever, many different but harmonizing tints are seen on various 
parts of the body : on the back of the neck, mantle, scapularies, 
and lesser wing-coverts the freckled brown feathers have lanceo¬ 
late or spearhead-shaped markings, surrounded with black down 
the centres, while the rump and upper tail-coverts are more 
uniformly and more finely freckled with orange and dark brown; 
primaries alternately barred on both surfaces with chestnut and 
dark brown; secondaries dark brown, conspicuously barred with 
ochre-yellow; throat brownish grey; chest orange-brown, each 
feather with two crescentic markings of dark brown; centre of 
the abdomen and thighs orange-brown, slightly freckled with 
dark brown; two centre tail-feathers dark brown, obscurely 
barred with buff; lateral tail-feathers nearly uniform deep chest¬ 
nut; bill horn-colour; space surrounding the eye and legs red. 
“Total length 18 in.; bill 1^; wing 8^; tail 8; tarsi 3. 
“ Remark. —This exceedingly beautiful species is one of the 
most remarkable novelties I have had the good fortune to de¬ 
scribe : in size it is somewhat smaller than the Gennceus nychthe¬ 
merus,, which it resembles in its red wattles and in the form of 
its tail; while in its strong legs, the scaly stiff feathers of the 
lower part of its back, the red and white colouring of the an¬ 
terior portion of its upper surface, and in its steel-blue crest it 
more closely assimilates, in my opinion, to the members of the 
genus Euplocamus ; and with that group (the Firebacks) I have 
accordingly associated it.” 
