PF.RDICULA. 83 



brown. (Oa/es.) Legs and feet pale ilirly green; bill black ; irides deep brown. 

 (Davt'soH.) 



Length. — 1 1 inches; tail 2*5; wing 5"8; tarsus i 8; bill from gape i. 



Hab. — British Burmah in Tenasserira, south of Mergui ; tolerably abundant 

 at Malewoon and Bankasoon Found also throughout the Malay Peninsula 

 and Sumatra. 



Gen. RollulUS.— ^c^««. 



Claw of the hind toe wanting ; no spurs ; head crested ; bare orbital space 

 crimson. 



107. RoliuluS roUl-rOul(5'r^/'.). Wald., Ibis, 1872, p. 382; Salvad., 

 Ucc. Born. p. 308 ; Hume and Dav., Sir. F. vi, p. 448 ; id., S/r. F. viii. p. 1 1 1 ; 

 id. and Marsh., Game Birds ii. p. 103. pi. ; Oates, B. Br. Bicrm. ii, p. 330. 

 Murray Avif. Bril. Ind. ii. p. 561, No. 1230. Phasianus roulroul, Scop., Del. 

 Flor. el Faun. Insubr. ii. p. 93. Tetrao viridis, Gmel., Sy.st. A^al, i. p. 761. 

 Columba cristata, Gm., Sj'sl. Nal. i. p. 774. Perdix coronata, Lalh., Suppl. 

 Ind. Orn. pi. Ixii. Rollulus cristatus, Biylh and Wald., B. Barm. p. 151. — 

 The Red-crested Wood Partridge. 



A. long crest of feathers from the hinder part of the crown to the nape 

 maroon ; base of crest in front white ; head and neck black ; lower plumage, 

 sides of the breast and lesser wing coverts bluish black; median -and greater 

 coverts, secondaries and tertiaries dark brown, freckled more or less with 

 rufous brown on the outer webs ; back, ruriip and upper tail coverts glossy 

 bluish green; tail black; outer webs of primaries rufous, freckled with 

 brown ; inner webs plain brown. 



The female has no crest, but there are a few hairs springing from the fore- 

 head, the whole head and neck are grey, and there is a band of dull black on 

 the hind neck ; whole of the plumage green, washed with slaty on the abdo- 

 men and vent ; tail slaty brown ; wings and their coverts chestnut, more or 

 less freckled with brown. Legs, feet and base of bill scarlet-red ; rest of bill 

 black ; irides slaty grey; facial skin bright red. 



Lenglh. — 1 1 inches; tail 2*5 ; wing 5*5 ; tarsus i'6; bill from gape o'8. 



Eab. — The extreme south of Tenasserim, extending tlown the Malay Penin- 

 sula, to Sumatra and Borneo. According to Lavison it is always found in 

 small parties of six or eight or more ; keeps to the dense forests, and never 

 ventures in the open ; lives on berries, seeds and insects. 



Gen. Perdicula.— ^^^4'-i'. 



Bill short, thick, curved; tarsus with a blunt tubercle; wings rounded; 

 outer webs of most of the prinaaries sinuatcd ; tail short, of 12 feathers. Size 

 small. 



