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below the breast of an old-gold colour. The legs are white. 

 The hen is darker on the back than the hen rufa, and has a black 

 tail. The species is confined to Borneo. 



An intermediate form between rufa and ignila, known only 

 from two captive specimens, has only some chestnut markings 

 on the sides of the under-parts, and the upper tail-feathers white ; 

 it is not known whether this is a distinct species, a hybrid, or a 

 * ' sport " oiL. igniia. 



Diard's Fire-back. 



Lophura diardi, Brit. Mus. Cat, Birds, Vol. XXII. 

 p. 290. 



This fire-back is a much smaller bird than the rest, being smaller 

 than the common English Pheasant, and slenderly built ; it 

 also has the face-skin red instead of blue, and the bare shafts 

 of the crest are longer. Its general colour is grey, with a gold 

 patch on the lower back, the rump glossy crimson, with blue 

 edges to the feathers, and the head and tail black ; the legs are 

 red. The hen is reddish brown with buff and black bars on the 

 wings and the belly black with white edgings. This lovely bird 

 inhabits the Shan States, and ranges to Cochin China ; it is 

 much kept in captivity in Europe. 



Wattled Pheasant. 



Lobiophasis bulweri, Brit. Mus. Cat., Birds, Vol. XXII, 

 p. 292 ; Bagier, Sarawak. 



This splendid member of the Kaleege group occupies a genus 

 to itself ; it is about the size of the common Kaleeges, with a 

 long curved tail, composed of no less than 32 pointed feathers, 

 in the male, which is of a deep metallic-blue with the tail pure 

 white and neck deep red ; the head is nearly covered with blue 

 bare skin produced into three pairs of wattles, and the legs are 

 red. The hen has a much shorter tail, and is brown with fine 

 black mottling. Young cocks have brighter red necks and short- 

 er cinnamon tails. The species is only found in the mountains 

 of Sarawak. 



A curious genus of Kaleeges (Acomus) in which there is no 

 crest, and the tail in both sexes is folded and short, just like that 

 of a common hen, may be called crestless Kaleeges. The hens 

 are black, and look much like black fowls without combs. They 

 all have red bare faces, and are about the size of ordinary 

 Kaleeges. Three species are known. 



