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ee. Loral, orbital, and malar region completely nude, the skin finely papillose 

 or granulated, developed on upper and lower edges into a conspicuous 

 free lobe; tail excessively compressed; rectrices 16. 



Gennaeus (introduced unsuccessfully)" 



dd. Throat nude and wattled ; a median fleshy "comb" on forehead ; middle 



rectrices strongly falcate ; feathers of rump elongated and linear, or 



lanceolate Gallus (extralimital)'"" 



cc. Plumage dull-colored (brownish, more or less mottled or barred). (Females.) 



d. Tail more than four-fifths as long as wing, usually much longer than 



wing, excessively graduated (Phasiani). 



e. Orbital region mostly feathered; rectrices narrower, distinctly tapering 



toward their acuminate or subacuminate tips ; rectrices 18. 



/. Tail flat, with middle pair of rectrices not conspicuously longer than 



next pair Phasianus (p. 417) 



//. Tail distinctly compressed (A-shaped in cross section), with middle 

 pair of rectrices conspicuously longer than next pair. 



Chrysolophus (unsuccessfully introduced) 

 ee. Orbital region extensively nude ; rectrices much broader, only slightly 

 tapering to their rounded tips ; rectrices 16. 



Gennaeus (unsuccessfully introduced) 

 dd. Tail less than two-thirds as long as wing, slightly graduated, or rounded. 



Gallus (extralimital) 



bb. Smaller (wing usually much less than 177 mm.)"; tail less than three-fifths 



as long as wing, flat, slightly rounded ; adult males not brightly colored or 



at least without metallic colors, the sexes alike or essentially alike in 



coloration. 



" Gennaeus Wagler, Isis, 1832, 1228 (type, as designated by Gray, 1840, Phasianus 

 nycthemcriis Linnaeus).— Ge;m(r^j<.y (emendation) Engel, Rev. Frang. d'Orn., iv, 

 1915, 72). — Nycthemenis Swainson, in Murray, Encycl. Geogr., 1834, 264; Amer. ed. 

 of 1837, i, 271, fig. 80 (type, by monotypy and tautonymy, N. argcntatus Swainson = 

 Phasianus nyclhcrncrus Linnaeus). — Aledrophasis Gray, List Gen. Birds, ed. 2, 1841, 

 78 (type, as designated by Gray, 1845, Lophophorus cuvieri Temminck). — Alec- 

 torophasis (emendation) Agassiz, Index Zool., 1846, 13, 14. — Grammatoptilus 

 Reichenbach, Av. Syst. Nat. Vog., 1853, xxx (type, by monotypy, Phasianus lineatus 

 Vigors).— Grammatoptilos (emendation) Elliot, Monogr. Phasianidae, ii, 1870, text 

 to pi. 21. 



One species, Gennaeus nycthnncrus (Linnaeus), has occasionally escaped from 

 aviaries or been liberated in North America but has never succeeded in becoming 

 established in the wild. 



'''Gallus Brisson, Orn., i, 1760, 26, 166 (type, by tautonymy, "Gallus" =: Phasianus 

 varius Linnaeus).— ^/cc^or Klein, Hist. Av. Prodr. 1750, 111 (not of Merrem). — 

 Alector Schrank, Fauna Boica, i, 1798, 135. — Alcclor Gloger, Hand- und Hilfsbucli, 

 i, 1842, ?>m.—Creagrius Gloger, ibid., 387. 



Indo-Malayan Region, Cochin China, Hainan, Philippine Islands, Palawan, Sumatra, 

 Java, Timor, Lombock, and Celebes. (Three established species and four forms 

 of doubtful status.) The type of this genus, Gallus gallus, the wild junglefowl of 

 India and the Malay countries, is the original stock of most if not all of our domestic 

 breeds of "chickens." It resembles very closely the domesticated "red game" variety. 

 Although introduced by the earliest colonists into America, it seems not to have 

 become "wild" or feral in any area. 



^' These characters apply to the genera that have been introduced into the United 

 States, but not to many others of the group. 



