ii6 A MONOGRAPH OF THE PHEASANTS 



The genus Lophura, as I limit it, includes three species, the most aberrant of which 

 is diardi. The remaining two almost exactly parallel the two species of Acomus in 

 distribution. 



Siamese Crested Fireback Lophura diardi (Temm.). 



Malayan Crested Fireback Lophura rufa (Raffl.). 



Bornean Crested Fireback Lophura ignita (Shaw and Nodd). 



KEY TO LOPHURA 



I. Mantle not reddish-brown or chestnut (males). 



a Breast grey diardi, 



b Breast purplish-blue. 



a' Belly black ; central rectrices white ....... rufa. 



b' Belly bronze-gold ; central rectrices buff ignita, 



II. Mantle reddish-brown or chestnut (females). 



c Wings black barred with buffy white diardi. 



d Wings chestnut. 



d Outer rectrices chestnut rufa. 



d' Outer rectrices black . . ignita. 



