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Str. Featli. VII., p. 429; Legge. B. Ceyl. III., p. 736, pi. ; Gates ed Hume's 

 Nests and Eggs, iii, p. 422; Ogilvie-Grant. Cat. B. 13. M. XXII., p. 349 

 (1893) ; id. Hand-L. of Game B.ll., p. 53 (1897) ; A. L. Butler, Jour. B.N. 

 H. S. X., p. 311 (1896'!; Lewis, Ibis 1898, p. 339, 560; Blanf. Avi. Brit. 

 Ind. IV., p. 77; Sharp, Haud-L. i., p. 39. 



Gcdlm stanlei/i.—Gmy, III., In. Orn. III., pi. 43 (1833) ; Blyth, Cat. B. A. 

 S. B., p. 243 (1849) ; Jerdon B. of I. III., p. 540 (1860). 

 Gallus li7mttus.— Blyth, J. A. S. B. XVI., p. 387 (1847). 

 Vernacular names. — Weli-kukula S, Weli-kikili $ (Cint/.) ; Kada Koli 

 (Ta7n.j 



Description, adult male. — Crown dull orange rufous ; feathers at 

 the base of the naked throat in a patch about an inch long rich 

 violet purple ; hackles on neck and upper back orange yellow 

 shading into this from the rufous of the head and again into fiery 

 orange red on the back ; the yellow feathers have black central 

 streaks and the red feathers rich maroon ones, the black and the 

 maroon marks grading into one another just as the rest of the col- 

 ours do. Lower back and rump still darker, almost copper, red, the 

 centres to the feathers here being deep violet blue, whilst the 

 central and least lanceolate feathers have also a broad terminal 

 patch of this colour ; a few of the longest upper tail coverts all 

 black glossed with blue except for a narrow edge of fierj^ red. Tail 

 black glossed with Prussian blue or blue-green, never apparently 

 glossed with copper as in G. h. ferrugineus. Lesser wing coverts 

 like the hackles of the neck, gradually merging into the median 

 coverts which are like the back ; greater coverts black on the visible 

 portions, deep rufous red or mottled rufous and black on the con- 

 cealed portions. Breast and flanks like the back, the non-lanceo- 

 late feathers next the abdomen rufous chestnut with broad black 

 terminal bands ; vent and centre of abdomen dull brown-black 

 with paler tips. Thighs black, most of the feathers with narrow 

 chestnut fringes ; under tail coverts glossy blue-black. 



Colour 0/ soft imrts. — " Iris light golden yellow ; face, throat 

 and wattles livid or purplish red ; comb bright red with a large 

 interior yellow patch, brightest in front and blending into the 

 surrounding colour; bill brownish i-ed, the lower mandible and tip 

 of the upper pale ; legs and feet wax yellow, washed anteriorly 

 with brownish, more especially on the toes." (Legge). 



Measurements. — " Length of examples with fine tails (which vary 

 in length) 26-0 to 28-0 inches; wing 9-2 to 9-5; tail 13-0 to 15-0 ; 

 tarsus 3-2 to 3-4 ; middle toe 1*7 to 1-8; claw (straight) 0-5 to 

 0-6 ; bill to gape 1-2. Length of comb from forehead to extremity 

 3-2 to 3-3 inches; spur 0-7 to 1-2." (Legge). 



" In the birds I have been able to measui'e the wings vary between 

 8-5" (215-9 mm.) and 9-5" (241-3 mm.) and the longest tail was 

 16" (406 ram.) whilst others were as short as 9" or 10" (228-6 to 

 254-0 mm.) "Weight 2-lbs. to 2-lbs. 5-ozs." (Hume). 



Yoiinfj males when they first acquire adult plumage appear to have 



