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B, Catite cristato, getKS nuda, tarsi longiores, 

 B. With the head crested j the cheeks naked j tarsi lengthened. 



MACARTNIAN COCK. 

 (Gallus Macartnyi.) 



Oa. nigevy chalyheo'-nitensy dorso igneo'^errugineo ; plumis late- 

 ribus corporis rtifis cum ignito reflexu ; rectricibus intermediis 

 subfidvis* (Femina saturate riifa, supra lineis transversis 

 atris, plumis albo-marginatis ; gula alba.) 



Black Cock, glossed with steel-colour ; the upper part of the 

 back of a fiery rust-colour 3 the feathers on the sides of the 

 body rufous, with igneous reflections j the middle tail-feathers 

 slightly fulvous. {Female deep rufous^, with transverse dark- 

 coloured lines ; the feathers margined with white ; throat 

 white.) 



Gallus Macartnyi, Temm. GalL Ind, 663. 

 Phasianus ignitus. Lath, Ind. Orn. Sup. Ixi. — Shato. Nat, 

 Misc. 9. 



Houppifere Macartney. Temm. Pig. et Gall. 2. 273. pi. Z,f.\0. 

 Fire-back-ed Pheasant. Staunt. Emb. Chin. 1. 246. pi. 13.— 

 Lath, Gen, Syn, Sup. II, 274. — Shaw. Nat. Misc. Q. pi. 321. 

 Var. |3. Cauda pennis albis. 

 The tail with white feathers. 

 Gallus Macartnyi ^. Temm. Gall Ind. 664. 



This highly splendid and magnificent bird is 

 distinguished from the other Cocks by not pos- 

 sessing the comb, but having a delicate plume of 

 feathers on the crown of the head, somewhat 

 similar to that of the Peacock : the cheeks are 

 naked, and the fleshy wattles are of a different 

 construction to those of the Cock. The male is 

 about two feet in length : his head is adorned 



