204 PHEASANT. 



17— SUMATRAN PHEASANT. 



Phasianus rufus, Burong Trab, Lin. Trans, xiii. 321. 



THIS is larger than a Common Cock, and twenty inches in 

 length. The irides red ; the plumage above is of a deep ferruginous 

 colour, finely mottled with black ; the feathers of the breast are also 

 ferruginous, but each has a black band, and is edged with white, 

 while those of the abdomen are principally white and dusky; chin 

 nearly white ; on the head is a crest, which lies backwards, but can 

 be elevated in some degree; the naked space on the cheeks blue; 

 the tail is not long, and similar in colour to the back ; legs sometimes 

 reddish, sometimes bluish, and are unarmed, there being only a small 

 tubercle in place of a spur. The female differs but little from the male. 



Inhabits Sumatra, known by the name of Burong Trab ; it does 

 not appear to have been hitherto described. — The above account 

 taken from the description given of it by Sir T. S. Raffles. 



18— RUFOUS-TAILED PHEASANT. 



Phasianus erythropthalmus, Mira Mata, Lin. Trans, xiii. 321. 



SIZE of a large Fowl. Bill blackish, and strong; the naked 

 skin on the chin of a bright red ; but neither crest nor wattles; the 

 plumage black, with a blue and green gloss; on the back and wings 

 finely undulated with white or grey; wing feathers brown; those of 

 the tail disposed in two inclined planes, and of a bright rufous, or 

 ferruginous colour ; tail coverts tinged with purple or violet; legs 

 bluish, and armed with strong spurs. 



The female is entirely of a steel black, without white undulations, 

 or rufous tail ; in the young ones also the tail is black. 



Inhabits Sumatra, the name Mira Mata.— Sir T. S. Raffles. 



