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Birds," will suffice to enable my readers to identify at a glance 

 the males of any one of the four : — ■ 



Bump and upper 

 Crest. Breast. tail-coverts. 



E. albocristatus <J white ; greyish white, sharp-pointed feathers broadly tipped 



feathers ; white. 



E. leucomelanus $ black ; ditto ; narrowly ditto. 



E. melanotus S ditto ; ditto ; black. 



E. horsefieldi S ditto ; black, rounded feathers ; broadly tipped white. 



— Hitme, "Game Birds of India." 



812 fo*s.— Gallus lafayetti, Less. 



Male. — Length, 29 ; wing, 9'2 ; tail from vent, 14*5 ; tarsus, 

 325. 



Female. — Length, 15 ; wing, 7*2 ; tail from vent, 6'0 ; 

 tarsus, 2*5. 



Male. — Back of the head reddish ; neck covered with long 

 hackles, black in the centre, golden on the margins ; feathers 

 on upper part of back black, in centre dark, red on the margins ; 

 feathers of the rump deep red at base, with heart-shaped ter- 

 mination deep metallic blue with purple reflections ; loug 

 slender feathers falling over the sides of rump, purplish black 

 in centre, deep red on the margins ; secondaries bluish black ; 

 primaries brownish black ; greater wing-coverts deep reddish 

 chestnut, with reddish brown centres ; underparts rich glossy 

 red, with deep chestnut in the centre of the feathers ; abdo- 

 men and under tail-coverts black ; thighs black ; upper tail- 

 coverts metallic blue, with green and purple reflections ; central 

 tail-feathers long and curving outwards, black, with blue re- 

 flections ; the rest of the tail brownish-black ; comb yellow, 

 with red edge ; naked skin of face, wattles, and throat red, 

 this last separated from the red feathers of the breast by 

 a line of metallic blue feathers, some of them margined 

 with deep chestnut ; bill horn-colour ; legs and feet flesh- 

 colour. 



Female. — Head and neck brown ; upper part of neck brown, 

 with black irregular lines on the outer portions of feathers ; 

 centres yellow ; upper parts yellowish brown, finely vermi- 

 culated with black ; primaries dark brown ; secondaries dark 

 buff, barred irregularly with broad black lines. Upper parts of 

 breast like the back, the feathers having a rather broad central 

 streak of yellowish ; feathers of underparts black at the base, 

 yellowish white on the tips ; tail reddish brown, mottled with 



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