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MACARTNIAN COCK. 



hues : the throat is white : the feathers of the 

 whole of the under parts are chesnut-brown in the 

 centre, and edged with pure white. 



The head, the neck, the breast, and the belly 

 of the young males are dull black, without any 

 violaceous hue : the back, the wing-coverts, and 

 secondary quills, are violet-black, varied with fine 

 zigzag white rays : the feathers on the rump and 

 those of the tail are red : the sides of the body are 

 not tipped with red-gold as in the adult. 



Inhabits Sumatra : it is extremely wild, and will 

 not submit to a state of domestication. 



