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CROWNED CRYPTONYX. 

 (Cryptonyx coronatus.) 



Ck. occipite crista erecta spadicea ^ Jronte setis sex longissiruis ; 

 vertice fascia albd; corpore supra et subtus nigra violaceo ; 

 dorso plumisque uropygii satiiratem mridibus ; temporibus 

 nudis, guld plumis variis tectd ; alis Juscescentibus, (Femina 

 absque a-ist a occipitali ; corpore virido ^ alis castaneis ; Jronte 

 setis sex longissimis.) 



Cryptonyx with an erect chesnut crest on the occiput 5 the fore- 

 head with six long setae ; the crown with a white fascia 5 the 

 body above and beneath dark violet ; the back and feathers of 

 the rump dark green ; the temples naked ; the throat covered 

 with variegated feathers 3 the wings fuscescent. {Female 

 without the occipital crest; the body green 3 the wings ches- 

 nut, and the forehead with six long setae.) 



Cryptonyx coronatus. Temm. Gall. Ind. 745. 



Columba cristata. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 596. 10. male. — GmeL 

 Syst. Nat. 1, 774. 7. male. 



Perdix coronata. Lath. Lid, Orn. Sup. 2. Ixii. 1. male. 

 > Phasianus cristatus. Sparrm. Mus. Carls. J\ 3. pi. 64. male. 



Perdix viridis. Lath. Lid. Orn. 2. 650. 22. female. 



Tetrao viridis. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. /Ql. 4. female. 



Le Rouloul de Malacca. Sonner. V^oy. Lid. 2. 174. pL 180. 

 male. 



Uncommon bird from Malacca. FJdl. Trans, l^^di. p. I. pi. 1. 

 male. 



Violaceous Partridge. ShatiK Nat. Misc. 3. pi. 64. male. 

 Lesser crowned Pigeon. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 622. 10. pi. 58> 

 male. 



Green Partridge. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 777. pi. 67. female, 

 Cryptonyx couronne. Temm. Pig. et Gall. 3. 526. 

 Crowned Partridge. Lath. Syn. Sup, 11. 27s. 3. 



