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Tlie Sonnerat's or Grey Jungle Fowl, the male of 

 which has the very curious hackles, so dear to the 

 heart of the salmon fisher, is a much less brightly 

 coloured bird than the Bankiva Jungle Fowl, and is 

 less conspicuous in consequence. The hackles have 

 patches of liorn-like substance on them, which, being 

 brown or white on a black ground, give the neck a 

 spotted appearance. The habitat of this species is 

 Western, Central, and Southern India. 



SONNERAT'S OR GREY JUNGLE FOWL. 



Of Peafowl the Society have all the three known 

 forms, including the Black-winged Peafowl (^Pava 

 nigripeiinis) which only differs from the Common 

 Peafowl (/*. cristatiis) in having the scapulars and 

 some of the wing feathers black, glossed with purple 

 and green. Tlie remaining form being the Burmese 

 Peafowl (^P. muticics). This la.st, if a less refined 

 type of beauty than the Common Peafowl, is more 

 quaint and "decorative," and as a species differs 

 greatly from the Common and Black-winged Peafowl, 



