RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. I fear I must look at Poly. Hardwickii & Malaccense. CUL-DAR84.2.60. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 3.2022. RN1

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Darwin cited this in Descent 2: 139.

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I fear I must look at Poly. Hardwickii & Malaccense [Polyplectron] - Are they synonymous? I say the P. Hard has top-knot & ocelli in true tail-feathers approximate & confluent in tail-coverts. In P. Malaccense, the ocelli tend to disappear in true tail-feathers & are confluent in tail-coverts

[in margin:] When I see drawings I can judge

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