322 Sir T. S. Raffles's Descriptive Catalogue 



TETRAO. 



1. TETRAO vi rid is, GmeL 



Beniol. JjjJl' 



The male of this species has been described under the name of 

 Cohtmba cristata, but its proper place is under Tetrao. I am at 

 a loss to perceive any good reason for placing it under Phasianus, 

 as Cuvier has lately done. 



It is rather smaller than the common Partridge. The whole 

 plumage of the male is of a glossy deep green, approaching 

 to black. The quill-feathers are brown mottled with black. 

 On the head is an elevated crest of filiform feathers of a bright 

 red brown colour, in front of which are a patch of white and a 

 small fascicle of erect black bristles. The eyes are surrounded 

 by a narrow circle of red imbricated scales ; and there is a 

 small naked red space behind them. Irids yellowish. Legs 

 red, unarmed ; hind toe without a claw. 



The female differs from the male in having no crest, and in being 

 of a grass-green colour with the exception of the head, which 

 is nearly black. There are sometimes a few long plumose 

 bristles on the forehead. 



2. TETRAO ocellatus. 



BURONG TrOOXG. fry c^ 



This beautiful species is of the same size as the preceding. The 

 head, neck, breast and belly are of a bright rufous or ferru- 

 ginous colour, barred on the sides with black. The back is 

 black, with yellowish bands across the upper part, and marked 

 behind with arrow-shaped spots of the same rufous colour as 

 the lower parts. The wings are blackish, each covert marked 



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