^__ ADDENDA* 



Gallus Stanley!, Gray and Hardiu., III. hid. Zool. 2, pL ; 

 Gould, B. Asia, P/. vi. pi.; Hume atid Marsh., Game Birds, i. p. 323 pi, ; 

 Legge, Ibis, 1875, p. 403 ; id., B. Ceylon, p. —The Ceylon Jungle Cock. 



iJ/(7/<f.— Back of head reddish J neck with long dark red hackles mesially 

 streaked with black; rump feathers deep red basally, with heart-shaped ter- 

 minations of deep metallic blue with purple reflections ; feathers falling over 

 the sides of the rump purplish black mesialfy and margined with deep red ; 

 secondaries blue-black ; primaries brownish black ; greater wing coverts deep 

 reddish chestnut with reddish brown centres ; under surface of the body rich 

 glossy red with mesial deep chestnut longitudinal streaks ; abdomen and 

 under tail coverts black, also the thighs ; upper tail coverts metallic blue, with 

 green and purple reflections ; central tail feathers long and curving outwards, 

 of a black colour with deep blue reflections ; rest of tail feathers brownish 

 black. Bill brown; lower mandible pale yellow; irides buff ; comb, wattles 

 and nude skin on the facial region and head yellowish or purplish red, the 

 comb with a large yellow spot about the middle. Legs and feet pale yellow. 



Length. — 19 to 25 inches ; wing 8-5 to 9-0; tail 8 to 14 to end of central 

 elongated feathers ; tarsus 275 to 3'2; bill from gape 1-25 to 1*5. 



T\\Q female is smaller, and has the head and neck brown, the upper parts 

 of the latter with irregular black lines externally and mesially yellow ; upper 

 parts of the body yellowish brown vermiculated with black ; primaries dark 

 brown ; secondaries dark buff, barred irregularly with black, with broad black 

 lines ; upper breast like the back ; feathers of the under surface of the body 

 black basally and yellowish white at the tip; tail reddish brown, mottled with 

 black. 



Bab. — Ceylon (Bigawantalawa District, Armstrong), Pundaloya and chiefly 

 the Southern districts. 



* The inclusion of the Game Birds of Ceylon having been made by special request 

 the Ceylon Jungle Cock is now added. 



