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with a wattle on each side of the latter, a spur on each meta- 
tarsus, and ear-lappets, which, are whitish in Indian examples, 
but red in Burmese and Malay. The crown and the hackles of 
the mantle and rump are orange-red, the back is chiefly purplish- 
red, and the wings, tail, and under parts are glossy greenish- 
black, with yellowish outer margins to the primaries and 
brownish to the secondaries. Between June and September the 
hackles and long tail plumes are replaced by short black feathers. 
The hen has httle comb, no wattles, spurs, or elongated rectrices ; 
the crown is reddish and the mantle yellowish, both with black 
stripes; the wing- and tail-quills are brown and rufous; the 
remaining plumage being reddish-brown, deeper on the fore-neck 
and brighter on the chest, with black mottling above. This 
Jungle-fowl ranges from North-Eastern and Central India to 
Hainan, and from Sumatra to the Philippines, Celebes, and 
Timor ; frequenting thickets and forests up to five thousand feet, 
but often flocking to cultivated country, where it feeds upon 
leaves, seeds, insects, and especially grain. Pugnacious towards 
its kin’ it is timid with man, running with great speed or taking 
refuge in trees; the flight consists of alternate periods of flap- 
ping and sailing, while the cluck of the hen and the crow of 
the cock resemble those of domestic fowls, though the latter is 
less prolonged. The nest is a hole lined with leaves, grass, or 
plant-stems, containing from seven to twelve buff eggs ; polygamy 
being apparently rare. G. sonnerati, the Grey Jungle-fowl of 
Southern, Central, and Western India, is distinguishable by the 
dilated shafts of the neck-hackles, with their wax-like yellow tips 
or spangles ; G. lafayettii (stanleyi) of Ceylon by the yellow comb 
with red margin, and the red breast. The former utters a broken 
crow, the latter a double note, the eggs in both cases being spotted, 
and occasionally whitish in ground-colour. G. varius of Java, 
Lombok, and Flores, is greener, with truncated neck-feathers, an 
unserrated comb, and a single median wattle of red, yellow, and 
bhue-green. The hens of G. sonnerati and G. lafayettii have white 
breast-plumage, barred and fringed with black, the former shew- 
ing black mottlings instead of bars on the secondaries; that of 
G@. varius has a buff breast and a blackish back. In these three 
species crosses with domestic fowls are said to be usually sterile. 
Chrysolophus pictus, the brilliant Golden Pheasant, has the 
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