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BIRDS OF BRITISH BURMAH. 
Subfamily ROLLULIN^. 
Genus ROLLULUS, Bonn. 
685. ROLLULUS ROULOUL. 
THE RED-CRESTED WOOD-PARTRIDGE. 
Phasianus rouloul, Scop. Del. Fl. et Faun. Insuh. ii. p. 93. Tetrao viridis, Gm. 
Syst. Nat. i. p. 761. Columba cristata, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 774. Perdix 
coronata, Lath. Suppl. Lid. Orn. p. Ixii. RoUulus rouloul, Wald. Ibis, 1872, 
p. 382 ; Salvad. Ucc. Born. p. 308 ; Hume Sf Dav. S. F. vi. p. 448 ; JImne, S. F. 
viii. p. Ill J IIum£ 8f Marsh. Game Birds, ii. p. 103, pi. RoUulus cristatus, 
Bl if Wald. B. Burm. p. 151. 
Description. — Male. A long thick crest springing from the nape and 
hinder part of the crown maroon ; a band in front and at the base of the 
crest white ; remainder of the head and neck black ; the whole lower 
plumage, the sides of the breast and the lesser coverts bluish black ; back, 
rump and upper tail-coverts glossy bluish green ; tail black ; median and 
greater coverts, tertiaries and secondaries dark brown, more or less freckled 
with rufous-brown on the outer webs; outer webs of primaries rufous 
freckled with brown ; inner webs plain brown. ^ 
The female has no crest ; the whole head and neck are grey, a band of 
dull black on the hind neck ; the whole of the body-plumage green, washed 
with slaty on the abdomen and vent ; tail slaty brown ; wings and their 
coverts chestnut, more or less freckled with brown. 
Both sexes have a few long black hairs springing from the forehead. 
The male has the legs and feet and basal portion of bill scarlet-red ; 
claws horny ; rest of bill black ; irides slaty grey ; facial skin and edges of 
eyelids bright red. 
The female has the legs and feet bright red ; bill black ; irides deep 
brown ; facial skin and eyelids bright red. [Davison.) 
Length 11 inches, tail 2*5, wing 5*5, tarsus 1*6, bill from gape '8. 
The female is rather smaller. 
The Red-crested Wood-Partridge is found in the extreme south of 
Tenasserim, and, according to Mr. Blyth, along the course of the Tenas- 
serim river. 
It extends down the Malay peninsula to Sumatra and Borneo, and it 
is also said to occur in Java. To the east it ranges into Siam, but 
apparently not into Cochin China. 
My men procured numerous specimens of this Partridge at Malewoon ; 
but I have never myself met with it. Apart from its beautiful form and 
plumage, it is remarkable for wanting the claw on the hind toe. Mr, 
