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by short black feathers. A second moult takes place in Sep- 
tember, and the short feathers of the neck are again replaced 
by hackles and the long tail-feathers reappear. ‘Total length, 
29 inches; wing, 9°5; tail, 14; tarsus, 3°r. 
Adult Female.—Top of the head rust-red shading into orange 
on the neck and pale yellow on the mantle, each feather with 
a black stripe down the middle; rest of upper-parts reddish- 
browt: finely mottled with black ; secondary quills mottled 
with pale reddish-brown towards the edges of the outer webs ; 
fore-neck chestnut ; rest of under-parts pale light red, browner 
on the belly and flanks. Total length, 16°5 inches ; wing, 7°5 ; 
tail, 5°5 ; tarsus, 2°4. 
Range.—The jungles of North-eastern and parts of Central 
India, extending south through the Malay Peninsula to 
Sumatra and east through Siam to Cochin China. It is also 
met with in a wild state in Java, Lombock, Celebes, Palawan, 
the Philippines, Hainan, and other islands, but it seems more 
than probable that it has been imported at some time or other 
to all these islands, and that they do not form part of its natural 
range. It is well known that domestic fowls allowed to escape 
and run wild in surroundings similar to their original habitat 
soon revert to the wild type, and become indistinguishable 
from typical examples of the Indian Red Jungle-Fowl. 
All the domestic breeds of poultry are said to have been 
originally derived from the Red Jungle-Fowl. Some domestic 
varieties are truly wonderful, not the least so being the Japanese 
form, in which the hackles covering the tail of the males grow to 
a length of many feet (as many as fifteen !). Two fine examples 
of this variety are exhibited in the Central Hall of the Natural 
History Museum, and are well worth seeing. Equally curious 
are the black tailless fowls from Holland, a pair of which are 
shown in the same case. 
Habits—Mr. A. O. Hume, in his “Game Birds of India,” 
writes: “The Red Jungle-Fowl is, as the latter portion of its 
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