350 



PHASIANID^. 



h-k. c? ad. et cJ 5 



imm. sk. 

 I, tn. cJ ad. sk. 

 n-s. <S $ ad. et 



imm. sk. 

 t-h'. S 2 ad. et 



imm. sk. 

 c . (S ad. sk. 



Ceylon. 



Ceylon. 



West Province, Ceylon, Nov. 



& Dec. {Hart). 

 N.E. Province, Ceylon, May, 



July, Oct., Dec. {Hart). 

 Trincomalee, Nov. 6. 



3. G-allus sonnerati. 



Hume Coll. 



Tweeddale Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Col. W.V.Le^ge[P.]. 



Coq et Poule sauvage des Indes, Sonn. Voij. Ind. Orient, ii. p. 148, 



pis. 94, 95 (1782). 

 Wild Cock, Lath. Gen. Syn. ii. p. 698 (1783). 

 Phasianus gallus. Scop, {nee Linn.) Del. Flor. et Faun. Insubr. pt. ii. 



p. 93 (1786) ; Gm. S. N. i. pt. ii. p. 737 (1788) ; Lath. Lid. Orn. 



ii. p. 62.5 (1790); Bonnat. Tahl. Encijcl. Meth. i. p. 180, pi. 86. 



figs. 4, 5 (1791). 

 Sonnerafs Wild Cock, Lath. Gen. Hist. viii. p. 181 (1823). 

 Gallus sonneratii, Temm. Pig. et Gall. ii. p. 246 (1813), iii. p. 659 



(1815) ; Steiih. in Shaiifs Gen. Zool. xi. p. 200, pi. 12 (1819) ; 



Tenm.Pl. Col. v. pis. 1 & 2 [nos. 232, 233] (1823); Vieill. Gal. 



Ois. ii. p. 26 (1825) ; Grif. ed. Cuv. iii. p. 19 (1829) ; Less. Traite 



d'Om. p. 492 (1831) ; Si/kes, P. Z. S. 1832, p. 151 [W. Ghaut.s] ; 



Schinz, Nat. Ahhild. Vog. p. 243, pi. 94 (1833) ; Jard. Nat. Lib., 



Orn. p. 186, pis. xi. & xii. (1834) ; Gray, List of B. pt. iii. Gall. 



p. 27 (1844) ; id. Gen. B. iii. p. 499 (1845) ; Blyth, Ann. Mag. 



N. H. XX. p. 388 (1847), i. p. 455 (1848) ; id. Cat. Mus. As. 



Sac. p. 243 (1849); Schinz, Nat. Vdg. p. 145, pi. 69 (1853); 



Burgess, P. Z. S. 1855, p. 29; Sacc, Rev. Zool. (2) xiv. p. 11, 



pi. 3 (1862); Jerd. B. Ind. iii. p. 5.39 (1863); Sclat. List of 



1870, p. 528 [Cardamum Hills] ; FMiot, Man. Phas. ii. pi. 34 

 (1872) ; Lloijd, Ibis, 1873, p. 401 [S. Konkan] ; Hione, N. Sf E. 

 Ind. B. p. 531 (1873) : Butl. Str. F. iv. p. 5 (1876) [N. Guzerat 

 and Aboo] : Fairb. Str. F. iv. p. 262 (1876) [Khandala to Goa] ; 

 Hume, Str. F. iv. p. 404 (1876) [Travancore] ; Butl. Str. F. v. 

 p. 222 (1877) : Fairb. Str. F. v. p. 409 (1877) [Palani Hills] ; 

 Marsh. B. Nest. Ind. p. 59 (1877) ; Gould, B. Asia, vii. pi. 56 

 (1877); Hume ^- Marsh. Game B. Ind. i. p. 231, pi. (1878); 

 Davidson i^- Wend. Str. F. vii. p. 86 (1878) [Deccan] ; Butl. Cat. 

 B. Sind, p. 53 (1879) [Aboo] ; Mclnroy, Str. F. viii. p. 493 

 (1879) [Mysore] ; Vidal, Str. F. ix. p. 76 (1880) [S. Konkan] ; 

 Butler, Str. F. ix. p. 205 (1880) [Belgaum], p. 421 (1880) 

 [Deccan and S. Mahratta] ; Davidson, Str. F. x. p. 316 (1882) 

 I^V. Khandeish]; Davison, Str. F. x. p. 409 (1883) [Nilghiris, 

 Wvnaad, and ti. Mysore] ; Sicinh. (^- Barnes, Ibis, 1885, p. 131 

 [Central India] ; Taylor, Str. F. x. p. 464 (1887) [Manzeerabad, 

 Mysore] ; Terry, Str. F. x. p. 479 (1887) [Palani Hills] ; Gates, 

 ed. Hume's Nests ^ Eggs, iii. p. 420 (1890). 

 Phasianus indicus. Leach, Zool. Misc. ii. p. 6, pi. 61 (1815). 



Adult male. Hackles covering the top of the head, back and 

 sides of the neck, and upper part of mantle black, fringed with grey, 

 barred with white, and with a yellowish spot like sealing-wax at 

 the extremity ; the longer hackles are glossed with purple ; shorter 



