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scores, and a constant inhabitant of every old dilapidated build- 

 ing. Colonel Sykes saw the same species on board ship on the 

 voyage to England, brought from China, hides orange. Sexes 

 alike. Length, inclusive of tail, 14 ,V inches : tail 4-fV inches. 

 The Dukhun bird differs from the European species in the bill 

 being black instead of pale red, in the utter want of white or 

 black in the quills, the want of white in the tail-feathers, and 

 in the legs being brown instead of black. As these differences 

 are permanent, they might justify a specific name being ap- 

 plied to the Dukhun Pigeon. 



Fam. Phasiariidee, Vigors. — Genus Meleagris, Linn. Turkey. 



145. Meleagris Gallopavo, Linn. 



The Turkey is met with only in the domestic state : it is reared in 

 great numbers by the Portuguese. 



Genus Pavo, Auct. 



146. Pavo cristatus, Linn. Peafowl. Mohr of the Mahrattas. 

 The wild Peafowl is abundant in the dense woods of the Ghauts : 



it is readily domesticated, and many Hindoo temples in the 

 Dukhun have considerable flocks of them. On a comparison 

 with the bird as domesticated in Europe, the latter is found, 

 both male and female, to be absolutely identical with the wild 

 bird of India. Irides intense red brown. 



Genus Gallus, Briss. 



147. Gallus giganteus, Temm., Gall. Ind. 633. 



Known by the name of the Kulm Cock by Europeans in India. 

 Met with only as a domestic bird ; and Colonel Sykes has reason 

 to believe that it is not a native of India, but has been intro- 

 duced by the Mussulmans from Sumatra or Java. The iris of 

 the real game bird should be whitish, or straw-yellow. Colonel 

 Sykes landed two cocks and a hen in England in June 1831 : 

 they bore the winter well. The hen laid freely, and has reared 

 two broods of chickens. The cock has not the shrill clear pipe 

 of the domestic bird, and his scale of notes appears more limited. 

 A cock in the possession of Colonel Sykes stood 26 inches high 

 to the crown of the head, but they attain a greater height. 

 Length from the tip of the bill to the insertion of the tail 23 

 inches. Hen one third smaller than the male. Shaw very justly 

 describes the habit of the cock, of resting, when tired, on the first 

 joint of the leg. 



148. Gallus Sonneratii, Temm., Gall. Ind. 659. Jungle Cock, Rahn 



Komrah of the Mahrattas. 

 Very abundant in the woods of the western Ghauts, where there 

 are either two species or two very strongly marked varieties. 

 In the valleys at 2000 feet above the sea, Sonnerat's species is 

 found, slender, standing high on the legs, and with the yellow 

 cartilaginous spots on the feathers even in the female. In the 

 belts of wood on the sides of the mountains, at 4000 feet above 

 the sea, there is a short-legged variety j the male has a great 



