32 CLASS AYES. 



Cristata. Gm. and Lath. Phasianus Cristatus. 

 Sparm. Mus. Carl. III. 64. 



This is the only species which is well known. The 

 male has a long crest of slender red feathers, and 

 some long straight pieces, without barbs, over each 

 eye. 



The bird is green, and is a little bigger than a 

 quail. 



The female, which has only the vestige of a crest, 

 is the Tetrao Viridis. Lath. Syn. 11. 



See PI. Col. 351. Ency. Meth. t. 95, f. 4. ; the body, 

 green ; and the wing, cliesnut ; and the forehead with 

 five or six long bristles. 



They have at Malacca a species of black Crypto- 

 nyXy without any crest, and without any wart round 

 the eye ; brought by M. Dussumier. 



The Cryptonyx Niger, Vig. The Columha Cris- 

 tata, Var. B. Gmel. Lath. Gm. ij. t. 58, ; is very 

 nearly allied ; but the figure has a large claw on the 

 thumb ; this is probably an error, as in the Gal. of 

 M. Vieillot, ij. t. 210. 



Some have the plumage of the partridges, and a 

 small tubercle in the place of the claw on the hinder 

 toe. 



Tetrao Ocellatus, Raffles. 



Head, red ; body, below, red, black banded ; above, 

 black ; nape, with slender white bands ; back, marked 

 with red ; tail, brownish ; wings, brownish-black eyed. 

 Sumatra. 



