THE MACARTNEY COCK. 
215 
with steel-blue reflections. The feathers on the 
middle of the back are of a brilliant orange, or what 
would be called flame-colour, and in different lights 
assume various degrees of intensity of lustre. The 
rump and tail-coverts are broad and truncated, and 
are of a brilliant bluish-green, with a bar at the tip 
of a paler tint, and in those at the sides of the same 
colour with the orange of the centre of the back. 
The tail is slightly folded, like that of a hen, or, 
when seen flat, appears forked. The centre-feathers 
are white ; those on the out-side black, with green 
reflections. The legs and feet are bright vermilion. 
The female, Plate XX., only about 20 inches in 
length, lias the plumage almost entirely of a rich cinna- 
mon-brown. On the upper parts the feathers are 
slightly mottled with black. The throat is white ; and 
the lower parts, of a paler tint than those above, have 
the feathers bordered with nearly pure white. The 
head wants the erect crest of the male ; but the fea- 
thers on the hind-head are lengthened. The tail ap- 
pears slightly forked. 
The Macartney Cock inhabits Sumatra ; but no- 
thing has yet been learnt regarding its habits. 
