56 Mr. D. G. Elliot on a New Species of Polyplectron. 
IV .—On a New Species of the genus Polyplectron. 
By D. G. Elliot, F.Z.S., &c. 
I am indebted to the kindness of M. Jules Verreaux for the 
placing in my hands a new Polyplectron, which in general 
appearance compares favourably with the handsomest of the 
known species of the genus. It was sent to the Museum of 
Paris from Cochin China by M. Germain, after whom I have 
great pleasure in naming it 
Polyplectron germaini. 
Nigro-fusco vermiculatum; dor so, alis caudaque splendide viridi 
ocellatis, fusco-albido marginatis; capite et collo albo 
striatis; gula alba; rostro pedibusque nigris, mandibula 
albida. 
General colour blackish-brown, irregularly spotted with light 
brown. Head and back part of the neck black, each feather 
being barred with white. Back, wings, and tail covered with 
metallic spots; in some lights of a dark lustrous green, in others 
of a rich purple. Primaries dark brown. Upper mandible black, 
lower one light horn-colour. Feet black. 
Whole length . . . 
. 20 
inches. 
Wing . 
. 7-5 
Tail. 
. 10-5 
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Bill at gape .... 
. 1* *2 
)) 
Tarsus. 
. 2*5 
>} 
This species comes nearest to P. chinquis , but is very easily 
distinguished from that bird by its much darker hue and the 
very different coloration of the ocellated spots on the back and 
tail, which are far more brilliant and rich in the present bird. 
The specimen described is an adult male in perfect plumage. 
The female has not yet been obtained. 
V .—Note on the Species of the genus Muscisaxicola. 
By P. L. Sclater, M.A., Ph.D., F.R.S., &c. 
I have read with great pleasure Messrs. Philippi and Land- 
beck* s article in the first part of Wiegmann*s ‘ Archiv* for 
1865, on the species of the genus Muscisaxicola*; and having 
* “ Monographic der Siidamerikanischen Muscisaxicolinen,” Wiegm. 
Arch. 1865, p. 74. 
