28 Direilor' s Annual Report. 



males have the mantle, scapulars, lesser wing coverts and tertials 

 a uniform reddish brown ; anterior of mantle slightly darker, wnth 

 a few feathers having dusky centers and rufous margins ; forehead 

 dusky with a slight mingling of rufous ; crown and occiput black, 

 the feathers forming a crest about three-quarters of an inch long ; 

 sides of head and neck rufous, the long frill-like feathers on the 

 sides of the lower neck with a slight vinous tint ; greater and 

 middle wing coverts a light buff ; primaries and secondaries slaty 

 black, their under surface grayish, lighter at tips, the oviter wela 

 of outer primary margined with buff ; axillaries and under wing 

 coverts pure white ; bastard primary black with buffy outer web ; 

 primary coverts black ; edge of wing white ; tail feathers black, 

 the upper coverts grayish with a slight rufous tint, under tail 

 coverts buffy white ; throat, under part of neck, and pendant 

 feathers on under part of lower neck white with slight inter- 

 mingling of buff ; a buffy streak extending mesially down the chin 

 and throat ; sides of fore-breast with long dusky feathers having 

 reddish buff margins ; sides and belly white with a very slight tint 

 of buff ; thighs a buffy white ; e^-es golden yellow ; feet and tarsus 

 a yellowish green ; bill dusky above, light loelow. 



The adult female has more red mixed with the black of the 

 crown and occiput, the lower feathers of the crest being entirely 

 rufous with vinous tint ; the feathers of the back with lighter 

 margins ; general upper surface a dark cinnamon color ; the wnng 

 coverts are slightly darker than in the adult male, the median 

 streak on the chin is more pronounced, and there seems to be more 

 buffy coloring on the throat and under side of neck, the thighs 

 show more buffy. Otherwise the sexes are identical. 



The immature birds are charadterized by the streaked appear- 

 ance of the crown, caused by the black feathers being margined 

 with red. The feathers of the mantle and rump are also a darker 

 reddish brown than in the adult bird ; the feathers of the wing 

 coverts are browaiish margined with buff, the inner webs being- 

 more or less gray, the outer web of the tertials showing a coloring 

 of vinous red ; the sides are a darker buff than in the adult and 

 the feathers of the under surface are colored in the centre with 

 reddish brown which gives the under neck, breast and bell}' a 

 more streaked appearance ; eye yellow ; bill dusky above, and 

 light below. 



This species is closely allied to Ardctta si)icnsis (Gmel.), but 

 is easily distinguished by the uniform reddish brown coloring 

 of the upper surface, the yellowish green of the tarsus, the 

 rufous tint of the upper tail coverts, and the smaller size, the 

 shorter tarsus, and slightly longer culmen, as shown in the table 

 given above. Hab. Marianas. Named in honor of my esteemed 

 co-worker in the ornithology of Polynesia, W. A. Bryan, of the 

 Bishop Museum. 



