MAZArS. W7 



Ear-lohe — scarlet. 



Eye — red. 



Beak — ^yellow, sometimes tinged with black. 



Plumage — short and close, and very glossy. 



Weight — about eight and a-half pounds. 



Comh — hardly any. 



Wattles — none. 



Ear-lohe and face — ^red. 



Legs andjfeet — yellow and long. 



Breast — brown. 



Thiglis — same. 



Upper wing coverts — ^brown. 



Lower wing coverts — same. 



Tail — ^black 



Saddle — same as body — maroon. 



Neck hackle — dark reddish brown. 



The general character of these birds is vindic- 

 tive, cruel, and tyrannical. 



If in confined premises, they are in the habit 

 of eating away each other's plumage, though this 

 is not peculiar to this variety ; and are very quar- 

 relsome, so that they sometimes appear at an ex- 

 hibition iu sorry plight. 



