THE MACARTNEY COCK. 
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copy his beautiful Plates in the Century of Hima- 
layan Birds, by far the best which have ever ap- 
peared of this, and some other members of this 
beautiful family. 
IMPEYAN LOPHOPHORUS 
Lophophorus Impeyanus. 
PLATE XXII, Male.— XXIII, Female. 
Lophore rcsplendisant, Temminck, Pigeons et Gallinaces, 
ii. p. 355 Impeyan Pheasant, Latham's General History, 
viii. p. 210 Phasianus Impeyanus, Index Ornithologicus, 
ii. 632 Lophophorus Impeyanus, Gould's Century, Male 
and Female. 
The splendour and changeability of the tints up- 
on the male of this bird, it is almost impossible to 
describe, either by words or the pencil. The greater 
proportion of the plumage is of varying hues of green, 
steel blue, violet and golden bronze. The texture 
is very dense and metallic looking, the feel soft and 
velvety. Upon the head there is a crest of feathers, 
composed of a naked shaft, with an oval tip of a si- 
milar texture with the rest of the plumage ; this ap- 
pears capable of erection at pleasure, but in a state 
of rest seems to recline or bend over the hind head. 
The centre of the back is pure white, following the 
distribution of colour which we have observed in the 
