28 CLASS AVES. 



Rufous-tailed Pheasant. Lath. Hist. Phasianus 

 Erythropthalmus. Raffles, Mira Mata. Malays. 



Size of a fowl ; black, with a blue and green gloss ; 

 back and wings, finely waved with grey ; quills, brown; 

 tail, bright-rufous ; tail-coverts, purplish ; orbits, 

 red ; spurs, strong ; female and young, entirely steel- 

 black. 



The male here described agrees with a bird brought 

 by Capt. Hay, as the hen of the Fire-back Pheasant. 



Sumatra Pheasant. Lath. Hist. Phasianus. Rufus. 

 Raffles. 



Above, deep ferruginous, finely mottled with black ; 

 feather of breast, ferruginous, with a black band 

 and white edges ; abdomen, white and dusky ; chin, 

 nearly white ; crest, adpressed ; orbits, blue ; spur, 

 very small ; female like the male. 



Brown Penang Pheasant. Hard. Mss. Phasianus 

 Castaneus. 



Bright chesnut-brown ; back, wings-coverts, and secon- 

 daries, minutely black-speckled ; chest, brown and 

 black varied, streaked with white ; abdomen, black, 

 lunulated with white ; middle tail-feathers, slightly 

 black banded ; spur, very short ; head-feathers, 

 deficient ; length, about eighteen inches. Penang. 

 Mus. Gen. Hardwicke. 



The following have the orbits covered with feathers 

 and short tails ; they are, perhaps, more allied to the 

 partridge than the pheasant : 



