THE MACARTNEY COCK. 215 



with steel-blue reflections. The feathers on the 

 middle of the back are of a brilliant orange, or what 

 would be called flame-colour, and in different lights 

 assume various degrees of intensity of lustre. The 

 rump and tail-coverts are broad and truncated, and 

 are of a brilliant bluish-green, with a bar at the tip 

 of a paler tint, and in those at the sides of the same 

 colour with the orange of the centre of the back. 

 The tail is slightly folded, like that of a hen, or, 

 when seen flat, appears forked. The centre-feathers 

 are white ; those on the out-side black, with green 

 reflections. The legs and feet are bright vermilion. 



The female, Plate XX., only about 20 inches in 

 length, has the plumage almost entirely of a rich cinna- 

 mon-brown. On the upper parts the feathers are 

 slightly mottled with black. The throat is white ; and 

 the lower parts, of a paler tint than those above, have 

 the feathers bordered with nearly pure white. The 

 head wants the erect crest of the male ; but the fea- 

 thers on the hind-head are lengthened. The tail ap- 

 pears slightly forked. 



The Macartney Cock inhabits Sumatra ; but no- 

 thing has yet been learnt regarding its habits. 



