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1460. P. BiCALCARATUM (Hai'dwickc's ///. Iiul. ZooT). 

 . Syn. Pavo hicalcaratus, L. 



P. malaccensis, Scopoli. 

 P. Hardwickii, Gray. 



Kuaoio Charmcm, Malay, Sum. 

 Hab. Malayan peninsula ; Sumatra. 



A. B. Males. C. D. Females. From Malacca. Rev. 

 F. W. Lindstedt and R. W. G. Frith, Esq. (1844-6). E. 

 Young male. Penang. A. Campbell, Esq. (1844). 



Genus Argus, Temminck. 



1461 . A. GiGANTEUs, Temminck (Vieillot, Gal. ties Ois., t. 203; Jardine 

 and Selby, III. Oni., n. s., pi. 6). 



Syn. PJiasianus argns, L. 

 A. pavoninuSy Vieillot. 

 Malay Peacock, Latham. 

 KuaoWy Malay ; Sum. 

 Hab. Malayan peninsula ; Sumatra. (Nee Sylhet, as stated 

 by Hardwicke, MS. in Brit. Mus.) 



A. B. Males. C. D. Females. From Malacca. Pre- 

 sented by J. L. H. Gray, Esq. and the Rev. F. W. 

 Lindstedt (1842—4). E. Young Male. From the Bar- 

 rackpore Menagerie (1845). 



Subfam. PHASIANIN^. 



Genus Gallus, L. (apud G. R. Gray). 



Murgh, female Murghi, II. : Ayam, Malay. 



1462. G. FERRUGINEUS. 



Syn. Tetrao ferrugineus, Gmelin. 

 G. bankivay Temminck. 



Phasiamis gallus, L., — Domestic varieties (among which 

 are G. giganteAis, morio, crispus, ecaudatus, pumilus, plu- 

 mipes, cristatxis, pentadactylus, pusillus, lanatus, &c.). 

 Hackled Partridge, Latham — the hen. 



Ban Murgh, or Jungli Murgh, H. ; Ban Kokra, of 

 Santals ; Ayam utan, Malay ; Brooga, Sum. ; Beng- 

 kiwo, or Bekikko, Java. 

 Hab. Jungly districts of all N. India, from valleys of sub- 

 Himalayan region southward to the Vindhyian range and the N. Cir- 

 cars ; Asam ; Burmese and Malay countries : Turkestan 1 (Vide /. A. 

 S. VIII, 1007). 



A. Indian race, with white ear-lappet in living specimens 

 (vide Ann. Mag. N. II. XX, 389). A. Male, from Hu- 

 zarabagh. B. Female, from Mednapur district. Pre- 

 sented by the Curator (1844-7). C. Male (with spurs 

 ]y in, long), from Vizagapatam. Capt. Roger Rollo 

 (1847). I>. Female, with spurs f in. long. Chaibasa. 

 Capt. S. R. Tickell (1842). L\ Young male. F. Head 



