78. THE RED JUNGLE FOWL. 



Gallus gallus, (Linnaeus). 



MALE : — The inner quills of the wing 

 broadly margined on the outer web with 

 chestnut; lower plumage black. 



FEMALE :— Lower plumage rufous ; 

 feathers of the mantle black edged with 

 yellow. 



Vernacular Names \—Jangli-murghi, 

 Ban-murghi^ Hind. ; Bunkokra, Bengal, 

 Assam ; N'atsu-pia, Bhutia ; Pazok-tchz, 

 Lepcha ; Tau-gyet, Burmese ; Ktira, 

 Chittagong. 



There are but few specimens of the 

 Red Jungle-Fowl from India proper in 

 the Hume Collection, and it is difficult 

 to give the western limit of its range 

 with any degree of accuracy. This 

 species certainly occurs in Chamba, pro- 

 bably the most western locality in the 

 Himalayas where it is found. The British 

 Museum contains skins of this bird from 

 Umballa and Saharunpur. Proceeding 

 south we reach Chairkhari and Punnah. 

 According to Messrs. Hume and Marshall 

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