Coq bronzé; Gallus æneus, Temminck, Planches Coloriées, p. 374. Male.

THIS beautiful bird seems first to have been figured in the Planches Coloriées from a single specimen sent from the interior of Sumatra by M. Diard. It is rather larger than the Bankiva cock. The comb is very large, and with an unbroken edge. The cheeks and throat are bare, and from the base of each lower mandible there is a small thick wattle; the whole of these parts are bright red. The feathers of the head, neck, and upper part of the back, are slightly lengthened, but do not take the usual long hackle shape, and are of a metallic green, with brilliant reflections. The plumes are of deep and rich purple, and are edged with a broad border of pale lake. The tail is also purple, with bright metallic green reflections. The throat, breast, and the whole under parts, are of a deep black, shaded with purple, and in some lights with a greenish tinge.

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