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Show 138 MR. D. G. ELLIOT ON A NEW PHEASANT. [Feb. /, together. The drawing was made from a living specimen in Dr. Anderson's possession, and as he has given orders for it to be killed and forwarded to London from Calcutta, we may expect before very long to be in possession of the skin. It is with much pleasure that I bestow upon this species the name of its discoverer, the well-known naturalist, to record in this manner my appreciation of the courtesy which induced him to place the specimen in m y hands for description. No measurements were given in the drawing, which is much reduced from the natural size ; but Dr. Anderson informs me that the bird is somewhat larger than the E. lineatus. Should the skin arrive safely, I shall figure it of the size of life in m y ' Monograph of the Phasianidcei This makes the twelfth species of the genus Euplocamus now known to m e ; they are :- 1. EUPLOCAMUS ALBO-CRISTATUS. Hab. Western Himalayas. 2. EUPLOCAMUS HORSFIELDI. Hab. Assam and Sylhet. 3. EUPLOCAMUS MELANOTI?. Hab. Sikhim. 4. EUPLOCAMUS NYCTHEMERUS. Hab. Southern China, vicinity of Amoy. 5. EUPLOCAMUS ANDERSONI. Hab. Upper Burmah, Chinese frontier. 6. EUPLOCAMUS LINEATUS. Hab. Tenasserim, Pegu. 7. EUPLOCAMUS PR.ELATUS. Hab. Siam, Shan States. 8. EUPLOCAMUS SWINHOII. Hab. Island of Formosa. 9. EUPLOCAMUS IGNITUS. Hub. Mergui, Tenasserim, Malayan peninsula, Sumatra. 10. EUPLOCAMUS NOBILIS. Hab. Borneo. 11. EUPLOCAMUS ERYTHROPHTHALMUS. Hab. Sumatra, Malacca. 12. EUPLOCAMUS PYRONOTUS. Hab. Borneo. |