on Dr. Jerdon^s 'Birds of India.' J 57 



colours are very nearly completely identical " (Cassin, in ' Orni- 

 thology of Wilkes's U. S. Exploring Expedition/ p. 190). 

 Figures are given by Mr. Cassin of the heads of the Tahitiau 

 bird and G. ferrugineus {ferus), respecting which I have to re- 

 mark that the true form of comb in the wild bird is that of the 

 figure of the Tahitian ! The comb and wattles assigned to G. 

 feri'ugineus are dry and shrivelled, and the former is not of the 

 usual form behind, I never saw a Jungle-fowl's comb like it. 

 The Tahitian bird is probably, like many domestic fowls which I 

 saw in difierent parts of Burma, hardly removed from the wild 

 type. It is curious that the red English game-cock is bred back 

 nearly to the aboriginal form, though considerably larger ; 

 while the Indian game-fowls have a coarse leg and a distin- 

 guishing " pearl-eye.'' Lastly, I would call attention to the fact 

 that the fowls sculptured on the Lycian Marbles in the British 

 Museum are true Jungle-fowl in appearance, like those domestic 

 races of Burma, the Philippines, and Tahiti which I have been 

 considering. 



814. Galloperdix spadicea. 



I have seen this species from the Oudh and Gorrukpore tarai. 

 The genus appears to me to be the Indian representative of 

 Polyplectrum, and by no means to be so nearly akin to Galltis as 

 Dr. Jerdon considers it. Compare more especially the females 

 of Polyj)lectrwn and Galloperdise — and, again, that of Ithaginis, 

 which assuredly comes nearer to Galloperdix than aught else (it 

 being the Himalayan or mountain form of the same group). Or 

 compare the living Polyplectrum and Galloperdix in the Zoolo- 

 gical Gardens. The new P. germaini, D. G. Elliot (Ibis, 1866, 

 p. 56), of Cochin China, appears even to have the cheeks crimson, 

 like the species of Galloperdix. Polyplectrum (like the Gibbons 

 or long- armed Apes) belongs to the Indo-Chinese and Malayan 

 provinces of the Indian region, and is foreign to the Indian pro- 

 vince of that region. 



818. Francolinus vulgaris. 



With regard to the respective ranges of this and F. picttis, 

 Captain Beavan writes word that " F. vulgaris is tolerably com- 

 mon in Maunbhoom ; no F. pictus met with : Jerdon is mis- 

 taken as regards this part of the country." Dr. Adams re- 



