215 



breast deeper; and the wing-coverts plain ash co- 

 lour. 



Labyrinth drum-like, divided by a small bony 

 partition. 



5 ACUTA -f PINTAIL > SEA-PHEASANT, OR 

 *t CRACKER. 



A. cauda acuminata elongata subtus nigra, occipite 

 utrinque linea alba, dor so cinereo undulato. Lath. 



The bill is black with blue edges; irides are red- 

 dish brown ; the head and throat are rusty brown, 

 mottled with dark spots and tinged with purple ; the 

 nape of the neck is dusky, margined by a white line; 

 the breast and back are pencilled with black and 

 white waved lines ; the scapulars are long and point- 

 ed ; the feathers white, with a black stripe down the 

 middle ; the wing-coverts are ash brown, tipped with 

 orange ; the beauty spot is bronze purplish green ; 

 the tail feathers are brown ash colour ; the two mid- 

 dle ones black ; the legs are lead colour. 



The length is about 28 inches; weight 24oz. 



The female is browner ; the middle tail feathers 

 not onger than the rest. 



Labyrinth about the size of the end of the thumb. 



