Co ALLEN S naturalist's LIDRARY. 



been obtained wild near Singapore, but no doubt had bc-n 

 imported. 



Among the doubtfully distinct species of Jungle-Fowl is a 

 bird which has been named Gallus ccneus [Temm. PI. Col. v. 

 pi. 3 [No. 374] (1825)]. The type, which is preserved in the 

 Paris Museum, was obtained in Sumatra, and it is just possible 

 that it may prove to be a distinct species, but at present it is 

 believed by most ornithologists to be merely a hybrid between 

 the Domestic Fowl and the Javan Jungle-Fowl. 



Another hybrid bird about which there can be very little 

 djubt has been named and figured by G. R. Gray under the 

 name Gallus temininckii i^. Z. S. 1849, p. 62, pi. vii.). The 

 type of this bird is in the British Museum, and is said to have 

 come from Batavia. In the opinion of the writer, it is a hybrid 

 between the Red and Javan Jungle-Fowls, and clearly exhibits 

 the characters of both parents. The comb is toothed, and in 

 addition to the large median throat wattle, there is a small 

 lateral pair. Gallus violaceus^ Kelsall (J. As. Soc. Str. Br. No. 

 xxiv. p. 167 (1891) and No. xxv. p. 173) is also in all proba- 

 bility a hybrid between the above species. The type, supposed 

 to have come from Borneo, was living in the Botanic Gardens 

 at Singapore. The bird from the Sulu Islands has been named 

 Gallus stramijieicollis by Dr. Sharpe (P. Z. S. 1879, p. 317), but 

 it is probably only the offspring of a domestic variety run 

 wild. 



THE PEACOCK-PHEASANTS. GENUS POLYPLECTRON. 



Polyplectron^ Temm. Pig. et Gall. ii. p. 363 (18 13). 



Type, P. chinquis (Miill.). 



Tail composed of iiventy to iiventy-four feathers, large, full, 



and rounded, the middle pair being about twice as long as the 



outer pair, and each ornamented with one or a pair of metallic 



ocelli^ which are rudimentary or absent in the females of some 



species. 



