CROWNED CRYPTONYX. 



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entirely black ; the under one is so at its tip, but 

 its base, as well as a small portion of that of the 

 upper, is reddish : the feet are reddish yellow : 

 the claws are brown : the irides lively red : the 

 female is much smaller than the male, and differs 

 considerably in her colours ; insomuch, that La- 

 tham has described her under the name of the 

 Green Partridge : she has, in common with the 

 male, six arched bristles at the base of the beak, 

 but is destitute of the crown : the naked space 

 round the eyes is similar to that of the male : 

 the whole of the top of the head, the cheeks, 

 the nape, and the throat, are covered with 

 short cottony feathers, of a grey-brown colour, 

 shaded with violet : the neck, the breast, the 

 sides, the whole of the back, and the upper tail- 

 coverts, are of a fine green : the belly and the 

 abdomen are of an ashy green : the tail-feathers 

 are dusky green : the scapulars and the whole of 

 the wing-coverts are of a fine chesnut-red: the 

 secondary feathers are brown, and the quills are 

 the same as in the male, but clearer. 



This bird is common in Malacca, and in the isle 

 of Sumatra, on the coast which is separated from 

 the mainland by the Straits of Malacca ; it is also 

 found in Java : it inhabits the deep forests ; is a 

 very cunning and wild species, and will not bear 

 confinement : the voice of the male is a kind of 

 chucking. 



