24 BANGS AND PENARD — THE JUNGLE FOWL [^vll^vi?' 



If, as Stuart Baker proposed, Phasianus gallus Linn, be 

 rejected, then: — 



(a) The Sundanese bird is Gallus ferrugineus hankiva Tem- 

 minck. 



(6) The Chinese-Malayan bird is Gallus ferrugineus ferrugi- 

 neus (Gmehn). 



(c) The Indian bird must have a new name. 



If Phasianus gallus Linn, and P. ferrugineus Gmel. both be 

 rejected, then: — 



(a) The Sundanese bird is Gallus spadiceus hankiva Tem- 



minck. 

 (6) The Chinese-Malayan bird is Gallus spadiceus spadiceus 



Bonnaterre. 

 (c) The Indian bird must have a new name. 



In our opinion, however, the name Phasianus gallus was 

 properly proposed by Linne, and is valid in accordance with the 

 generally accepted rules of nomenclature. The original de- 

 scription is not inadequate, and can apply to no other species. 

 It is true that it is difficult, if not impossible, to determine, 

 from the description alone, to which of the subspecies the name 

 applies; but in this respect the case does not differ from that 

 of a large number of other species, afterward subdivided, for 

 which the localities originally cited were very general, or er- 

 roneous, or even entirely omitted, and for which type localities 

 have been subsequently selected and fixed. 



There is nothing in the International Rules of Nomenclature 

 to preclude the use of a name based on a domestic variety, nor 

 to prevent the subdivision of a species with subsequent designa- 

 tion of a type locality. On the contrary, Articles 29, 30, and 31 

 sanction such a course, while Canons IX, XXIV, and XXV of 

 the A. O. U. Code of Nomenclature are very explicit in the 

 matter. 



Linne gave as type locality of Phasianus gallus " India 

 Orientali," which is not at variance with fact since the species 

 ranges from the northern and central provinces of India east- 

 ward through Bengal, the whole of Burma, to southern China 

 and Cochin-China, the Malay Peninsula, and the Sunda Islands. 



