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As a rule Jungle-fowl feed almost entirely on the ground, scrat- 

 ching about, turning over leaves and fallen rubbish and hunting 

 for their food just as the domestic bird does in the back yard, but 

 I have more than once disturbed them feeding in the Pepul and 

 Banyan trees, scrambling about on the branches and picking the 

 fruit as thej'" go. They are extremely clumsy birds when thus 

 employed, and seem to easily lose their balance and fall over. 



The young birds fly within a ver^- few daj^s of hatching, and 

 when the hen is forced to take wing follow her well and seem to 

 have no difficulty whatsoever in keeping pace with her. At this 

 stage of their development their wings appear to be very large in 

 proportion to their bodies, and their flight is very quiet and sound- 

 less compared with the noisy flight of the adult bird. 



GaLLUS BANKIYA BANKIVA. 



The Burmese Juiujle-Foivl. 



Phasianus bankiva. — Rafll., Trans. Soc, Lmu. XIII, p. 319, [Sumatra] (1822). 

 Grand Gaille de la Chine. 

 Sonn.; Voy. India Orient., II, p. 171 (1782), (China). 



Hackled Partridge.— Lath. Gen. Syn., II, p. 766, pi. 66 (1783), id., Gen. 

 Hist., VIII., p. 307, pi. 129 (Cape ? ). 



Tetrao ferrugineus. — Gm. S. N., i., pi. 2, p. 761 (1788), China. 



Perdi.r ferruyinea. — Lath. Ind. Orn., ii., p. 651 (1790), Africa. 



Cotumix spadicea. — Bonnat. Tabl. Encycl. Meth., i, p. 218 (1791), China. 



Gallus bankiva. — Temm. Pig. et Gall., ii., p. 87 (1813), Java, iii., p. 654 ; 

 Steph, in Shaw's Gen. Zoo., XL, p. 198 ; Horsf., Tr. Linn. Soc, XIII., p. 

 185 ; Griff, ed. Cuv., III., p. 20 ; J. E. Gray, 111. Ind. Zool. i., 43, fig. 3; 

 Robinson and Kloss, Ibis, 1910, p. 672. 



GaUusfeyrugineus. — Jerdon, B. Ind. iii., p. 536 (part); Blyth, Ibis, 1867, 

 p. 154 (part) ; Elliot, Mon. Phas., ii., p. 184, pi. 32, (part) ; Hume, M. and 

 E., Ind. B., p. 528, part; Kelham, Ibis, 1882, p. I; Nichols, Ibis, 1882, p. 

 65; et? Ibis, 1838, p. 255; Gates, erf Hume's Nests and Eggs, III., p. 417 

 (part) ; Blanf., Avi. Bri, Ind., IV. p. 75 (part) ; Sharpe, Hand-L.-B., i., p. 

 39 (part) ; Bonhote, P.Z.S., 1901, p. 78 ; Ingram, Nov. Zool., XIX, p. 271 ; 

 Barton, Journ. N. A. Siam, p. 108 ; Gairdner and Macolm-Smith, ibid, p. 

 151 ; Macdonald, Journ. B. N. H. S., XVII., p. 496 (1906) ; Baker, ibid, 

 XVII., p. 764 1907) ; Harington, ibid, XIX, 309 (1909) ; Id, ibid, p. 365 

 (1909); Id, ibid, XX, p. 1010 (1911); Cook, ibid, XXI, p. 625 (1912); 

 Hopwood, ibid, XXI, p. 1214 (1913). 



Galluii gallus. — Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. B.B.M., XXIL, p. 344 (part) ; id 

 Hand-L, Game B., II., p. 48 (part) ; Gates, Game B., of In. i., p. 366 (part). 



Vernacular Names. — Taukyet (Burmese). 



Description — Adult Male. — Differs from the common Indian Jun- 

 gle-fowl in having the ear lappets red instead of white. The plumage 

 above is generallj^ a deeper red, the neck hackles being less of a 

 golden yellow or orange at their tips. It is also noticeable that the 

 nock hackles are less attenuated and broader at their tips, though 

 the characteristic is very variable, and ma}^ in some instances be 

 due to an admixtm-e of domestic blood. 



