37. GALLTJS. 343 



throat, and foro part of nock brownish black, slightly glossed with 

 dark green ; chest-feathers similar to those of the mantle ; breast 

 and rest of underparts pure white, Ijarred with black on the flanks 

 and thighs ; under tail-coverts black, glossed with green. Naked 

 skin surrounding the ej-e blue ; bill greenish yellow ; legs and feet 

 bluish horn. Total length about 50 inches, wing 8-2, tail 36, 

 tarsus 3"1. 



Adult female. Very similar to the female of C. j^ictus, but the 

 naked skin round the eye is blue, like that of the male. 



Bab. Mountains of Western China and Eastern Thibet. 



a, b. c? ad. etimm. sk. Mts. of Thibet. B. H. Hodgson, Esci- [P.]. 



c. (S ad. St. Herefordshire. Purchased. 



(I. J pull. tik. Lowestoft, June. Colonel E. A. Butler. 



37. GALLUS*. ^^.p^ 



GaJlus, Linn. Faun. Suecioa, p. 61 (1746) ; Briss. Orn. i. 



p. 166 (1760) ; Temm. Pig. et Gall. ii. p. 87 (1813) G. gallus. 



Alector, Klein, Hid. Av. I'rodr. p. Ill (1750) G. gallus. 



Creagrius, Gloi/er, Hand- v. Hilfsb. p. 387 (184i^) G. varius. 



Tail composed of 14 or 16 (in G. varius) feathers laterally com- 

 pressed as in Lophura ; the middle pair of feathers are much the 



* Doubtful species: — 



1. Gallus .eneis. 

 Gallus aeneus, Cuv., Temm. PI. Col. x. pi. 3 [no. 374] (1825); Less. Traiti 

 d'Orn. p. 492 (1831) ; Schin-, Nat. Ahbild. Vbg. p. 243, pi. 94 (1833) ; 

 Jard. Naf. Lib.. Orn. iv. p. 183, pl.ix. (1834); Gray, Gen. B. iii. p. 499 

 (184.5); ?j(f. P. Z. S. 1849, pi. viii. ; Blijth, Ibis, 1867, p. 156; Schin.:, 

 Nat. Vog. pi. 69 (1853). 

 This is belieTed by Blyth and others to be only a hybrid between G. domes- 

 ti^'iis and G. varius, but it may prove to be a distinct species resident iu the 

 jungles of Sumatra, whence il was originally doBcribed. 



The specimen in the Britisli Museum formed part of the old collection of the 

 Zoological Society, and differs somewhat from the description of the type which 

 is preserved in the Paris Museum. 



a. J ad. sk. No locality. Gould Coll. 



2. Gallus temmincki. 

 Gallus temniinckii, Grai/, P. Z. S. 1849, p. 62, pi. vii. ; id. List Gailina 

 Brit. Mus. p. 39 (1867) [BataviaJ ; Bti/th, Ibis, IStiT, p. 156; Gray, 

 Hand-l.B. ii. p. 261 (1870). 



There can be very little doubt that this bird is merely a hybrid between 

 G. gallus and G. varius. 



a. (S ad. sk. Batavia. Purchased. (Typo.) 



3. Gallus stramineicollis. 



Gallus stramineicollis, Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 317 (Sulu Is.) ; id. J.f. 0. 

 1879, p. 423. 



This is probably only a domestic variety, alihough Mr. Burbidge, who obtained 

 the only specimen on record, was satisfied that it was a wild birtl 

 a. i-f inim. .-.k, HuUi U. (Burbidge). II. Vcitdi, Esq. |PJ. iType.) 



