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CROWNED CRYPTONYX. 



(Cryptonyx coronatus.) 



CR. occipite cristd erectd spadiced ; fronle setts sex longissimis ; 

 vertice fascia alba ; corpore supra et subtus nigro violaceo ; 

 dorso plumisque uropygii saturatem viridibus ; temporibus 

 nudis, guld plumis variis tectd ; alis Juscescentibus. (Femina 

 absque cristu occipitalij corpore virido ; alis castaneis ; Jronte 

 setis sex longissimis.) 



Cryptonyx with an erect chesnut crest on the occiput j the fore- 

 head with six long setae ; the crown with a white fascia ; the 

 body above and beneath dark violet ; the back and feathers of 

 the rump dark green ; the temples naked ; the throat covered 

 with variegated feathers ; the wings fuscescent. (Female 

 without the occipital crest; the body green ; the wings ches- 

 nut, and the forehead with six long setae.) 



Cryptonyx coronatus. Temm. Gall. Ind. 745. 



Columba cristata. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2.596. 10. male. Gmel. 

 Syst. Nat. 1. 774. 7. male. 



Perdix coronata. Lath. Ind. Orn. Sup. 2. Ixii. 1. male. 



Phasianus cristatus. Sparrm. Mus. Carls, f. 3. pi. 64. male. 



Perdix viridis. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 650. 22. female. 



Tetrao viridis. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 761. 4. female. 



Le Rouloul de Malacca. Sonner. Voy. Ind. 2. 174.pl. ISO. 

 male. 



Uncommon bird from Malacca. Phil. Trans. Ixii. p. l.pl. 1. 

 male. 



Violaceous Partridge. Shaw. Nat. Misc. 3. pi. 84. male. 



Lesser crowned Pigeon. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 622. 10. pi. 58. 

 male. 



Green Partridge. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 777. pi. 6?. female. 



Cryptonyx couronnl. Temm. Pig. et Gall. 3. 526. 



Crowned Partridge. Lath. Syn. Sup. II, 278. 3. 



