286 PHASIANID^'E. 



wanting in the females of the ahove mentioned species. Lastly the 

 hidden parts of the feathers do not incline to brown, but are only 

 greyish towards the base. Total length 18-5 inches, wing 8*9, tail 

 6"o, tarsus 2'8. 



Hob. Mount Singalan, and Highlands of Padang, West Sumatra. 



29. LOPHUEA. „ 



Type. 



liOphura, Fleming, Tliilos. Zool. ii. p. 230 (1822) L. ignita. 



Euplocomiis, Temm. {nee Latr., Lep. 1809) PI. Col. y. text 



to Lojjhophorus, p. 3 (1830) L. ignita. 



Macartneya, Less. Traite d'Orn. p. 492 (1831) L. iguita. 



Spicifer, Kaup, Das Thierreich, ii. Theil i. p. 78 (1836) L. ignita. 



Lophalector, Cah. in Ersch u. Grub. Encycl. sec. 3, xxii. 



p. 146 (1846) L. ignita. 



Lophora, Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 259, no. 2378 (1870) L. ignita. 



Diardigallus, Bonap. C. R. xliii. p. 414 (1856) L. diardi. 



Tail rather long, composed of 16 feathers, laterally compressed as 

 in the genus Gallus, the 3rd pair rather longer than the central and 

 2nd pairs and very much longer than the outer pair. 



1st primary shorter than 2nd, which is about equal to the 10th ; 

 5th and (jth slightly longest. 



Head with a ftiU crest composed of more or less long bare shafts 

 supporting a bunch of plumes at the extremity. 



A large naked patch on each side of the head. 



Male only with a long stout pair of spurs. 



Tarsus nearly twice as long as the middle toe and claw. 



Ranqe. Shan States, Siam, Cambodia, Cochin China, S. Tenasserim, 

 Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo. 



Key to the Species. 



A. Mantle not reddish brown or chestnut. {Males.) 



a. Chest black glossed witli pm-plish blue. 



a'. Breast black; middle pair of tail-feathers 



white rufa, p. 286. 



b'. Breast fiery bronze-gold ; middle pair of tail- 

 feathers uniform dark buff ignita, p. 288. 



b. Chest dark grey, very finely vermiculated with 



black ; breast and middle pair of tail-feathers 



black glossed Tilth purplish green diardi, p. 290. 



B. Mantle reddish brown or chestnut. {Females.) 



c. Wing-coverts chestnut, finely vermiculated with 



black. 



c . Outer tail-feathers chestnut rufa, p. 286. 



d'. Outer tail-feathers black ignita, p. 288. 



d. Wing-coverts black with wide irregular buff bars 



mixed with black diardi, p. 290. 



1 . Lophura nifa. 



Gallus macartnyi, Steph. {nee Temm.) in Sliaic's Gen. Zool. xi. p. 218 

 (1819) [part]. 



Phasianus Ignitus, Ttafl. {nee Shaw Sf Nodder) Tr. Linn. Soc. xiii. 

 p. 320 (1822) [Sumatra]; Vieill. Tahl. Encycl. Meth. i. p. 363, 

 pi. 237. fig. 2 (1823) ; Daniell, P. Z. S. 1832, p. 24. 



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