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longest, whereas in the latter the third pair are a little longer than 

 the two central pairs. 



The crest is composed of feathers with shafts bare at their bases 

 and heavily plumed at the tips. In G. rufa four-jBfths of the shafts 

 are bare, but in Q. diardi merely the bases. 



The feet and tarsi are stout and armed, in the male, with a well- 

 developed spur. 



There are three species in the Genus as now restricted, two of 

 which are found in the limits of the present work, the third 

 Lophura ignita being obtained in the forest of Borneo. 



Key to Species. 



A. Mantle deep purplish blue. 



a. Upper breast black, glossed blue ; 



central tail feathers white L. rufa cf 



b. Upper breast dark grey, vermiculat- 



ed with white central tail 



feathers black L. diardi j 



B. Mantle chestnut. 



c. Wing-coverts chestnut, vermiculated 



with black ; outer tail feathers 



black L. rufa $ 



d. Wing-coverts black, with buff bro- 



ken bars ; outer tail feathers 



dark chestnut L. diardi $ 



LOPHURA RLiFA. 



The Fire-Bacli, 



Phasianus iynitus, Raffles (nee Shaw and Nodder) Trans. Linn. Soc, 

 xiii., p. 320 (1822) (Sumatra) ; Daniell, F. Z. S., 1882, p. 24 ; Elliott, Ibis, 

 1878, p. 412. 



Phadanus rufus, Raffles, Trans. Linn. Soc., xiii, p. 321 (1822) (Suma- 

 tra) ; Gray in Griffiths ed. Cuv., iii, p. 28 (1829). 



Pliasianus castaneus, Gray in Griffiths ed. Cuv., iii., p. 28 (1829) (Penang). 



GaUus macartneys, Schinz (nee. Temm.) Nat. abild. Vog., p. 28, pi. 93 

 (1833) (Sumatra). 



Euploeamus iynitus, Gray, 111. Ind. Zool., ii., pi. 39 (1834) ; Blyth, Cat. 

 Mus. As. Soc, p. 243(1849) (Sumatra) ; Blyth and Wald.,Cat. Mamm. and 

 Birds, Burma, p. 149 (1875) (Tennasserim River) ; Elliott, Ibis (1878) 

 p. 124. 



Euploeamus vieillotti, Gray, List Gen. E. 2nd ed., p. 77 (1841) ; Gould, B. 

 of Asia, vii., pi. 15 (1852) (Malacca) ; Hume, Str. Feath., ii., p. 481 (1874) 

 (Tennasserim) ; id, ibid, iii., p. 324 (1875) (Tennasserim) ; Sclater, P.Z.S., 

 (1875) p. 380; Hume, Str. Feath., v., p. 119. (1877) (Tennasserim) ; Hume 

 and Marsh , Game-B. In., i.. p. 213 (1878); Hume and Dav., Str. Feath., 

 p. 438 (Pakjan); Elliott, Ibis, 1878, p. 413; Kelham, Ibis, 1881, p. 532 

 (Perak) ; Gates, B. of Burma, ii., p. 320 (1883) (L. Tennasserim). 



Euploeamus rufus, Hume, Str. Feath., v., p. 121 (1877). 



