330 BIRDS OF BRITISH BURMAH. 



Subfamily EOLLULIN^E. 

 Genus ROLLULUS, Bonn. 



685. ROLLULUS ROULOUL. 



THE RED-CRESTED WOOD-PARTRIDGE. 



Phasianus rouloul, Scop. Del. Fl. et Faun. Insub. ii. p. 93. Tetrao viridis, Gm. 

 Syst. Nat. i. p. 761. Columba cristata, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 774. Perdix 

 coronata, Lath. Suppl. Ind. Orn. p. Ixii. Rollulus rouloul, Wold. Ibis, 1872, 

 p. 382 ; Salvad. Ucc. Born. p. 308 ; Hume fy Dav. S. F. vi. p. 448 ; Hume, 8. F. 

 viii. p. Ill ; Hume fy Marsh. Game Birds, ii. p. 103, pi. Rollulus cristatus, 

 Bl. $ Wald. B. Burm. p. 161. 



Description. Male. A long thick crest springing from the nape and 

 hinder part of the crown maroon ; a band in front and at the base of the 

 crest white; remainder of the head and neck black; the whole lower 

 plumage, the sides of the breast and the lesser coverts bluish black ; back, 

 rump and upper tail-coverts glossy bluish green ; tail black ; median and 

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

 with rufous-brown on the outer webs; outer webs of primaries rufous 

 freckled with brown ; inner webs plain brown. 



The female has no crest ; the whole head and neck are grey, a band of 

 dull black on the hind neck ; the whole of the body-plumage green, washed 

 with slaty on the abdomen and vent ; tail slaty brown ; wings and their 

 coverts chestnut, .more or less freckled with brown. 



Both sexes have a few long black hairs springing from the forehead. 



The male has the legs and feet and basal portion of bill scarlet-red ; 

 claws horny ; rest of bill black ; irides slaty grey ; facial skin and edges of 

 eyelids bright red. 



The female has the legs and feet bright red; bill black; irides deep 

 brown ; facial skin and eyelids bright red. (Davison.) 



Length 11 inches, tail 2' 5, wing 5*5, tarsus T6_, bill from gape *8. 

 The female is rather smaller. 



The Red-crested Wood-Partridge is found in the extreme south of 

 Tenasserim, and, according to Mr. Blyth, along the course of the Tenas- 

 serim river. 



It extends down the Malay peninsula to Sumatra and Borneo, and it 

 is also said to occur in Java. To the east it ranges into Siam, but 

 apparently not into Cochin China. 



My men procured numerous specimens of this Partridge at Malewoon ; 

 but I have never myself met with it. Apart from its beautiful form and 

 plumage, it is remarkable for wanting the claw on the hind toe. Mr. 



