LOPHOPHAPS PLUM] FERA {Beichenbach). 
THE PLUMED BllOXZEWING. Genus: Lophophaps. 
KAKIA .ill "l tin' Australian explorers make mention of this bird, undoubtedly one of the most graceful and 
Attractive of ita kind. En its feeding and perching habits it very much resembles the quail, preferring the 
open country, and taking alarm very readily at the slightest unusual noise. As though proud of the 
splendour of its plumage, it delights to bask in the full glare of the sunshine, perched on some exposed rock or 
land) spur, with crest erect. [f disturbed, it quickly Hies to the nearest grass, into which it drops, and by 
in. mis of its extraordinary running powers easily eludes discovery. Few birds are more difficult of approach. 
li ranges over most of the interior, wherever it can rely upon sufficient water, and is only very 
• ►*•<•: i - i < n i : 1 1 1 \ met with in numbers. 
Back "I lnad and crest, russet ; forehead and sides of neck, grey; chin, white; bare surface around 
eyes, yellow, bounded above by black line; throat, banded with black; breast, russet; belly, white, merging into 
ohrome; back and shoulders, russet, with well-defined circular bands of cream white; tail, black ; tertiary wing 
feathers, rerj dark brown ; lesser winy coverts, dark russet, centres of feathers bearing a yellow spot margined 
with brown ; secondary wing feathers, metallic bronze; bill, feet, and legs, dark grey. 
'fhe illustration is about two-thirds life-size. 
