Capt. Beavan on varioiis Indian Birds. 381 



Dr. Jerdon meutions the singular drumming noise made by 

 the male. With respect to Phasianus lineatus, which is, iu my 

 opinion, a true Kallege, I may mention that the Burmese take 

 advantage of this habit of the birds, and by imitating it with a 

 rough kind of machine catch numbers of the latter species. It 

 is like the crow of a cock, a kind of challenge uttered by one 

 male to excite another to a battle — in " defiance of his fellows." 



811. Gallophasis melanonotus. Sikkira Kallege Pheasant. 

 Common about Darjeeling at all elevations between 2000 



and 7000 feet, and also occurs abundantly in the interior 

 of Sikkim. I procured feral specimens of this bird, on one 

 occasion in a ravine below Punkabarry, at the very foot of the 

 hills, on another in Major Wardroper's plantation at Darjeeling 

 (about 6000 feet), and found them abundant at Rinchingpoong 

 in Sikkim (from 5000 to 6000 feet), where, when put up by a 

 dog, they took to trees and were easily shot. They roost on 

 the same bough every night ; and consequently the exact loca- 

 lity is easily found by the number of white droppings which 

 accumulate on the ground below. They were generally met 

 with in pairs or small parties of three and four. 



812. Gallus ferrugineus. Red Jungle-fowl. 



I found this bird common about Julpigoorie and the foot of 

 the Himalayas, and also in the valleys in the interior of the 

 hills beyond Darjeeling, having killed specimens in the Rungeet 

 valley near that station, and observed it in the interior of 

 Sikkim, both at Namtchi and at Rinchingpoong ; but it is not 

 so abundant there as it is throughout the Sikkim and Bhootan 

 terai, or strip of jungle-country at the foot of the hills. I also 

 found it far from uncommon along the banks of streams in 

 the Maunbhoom district iu 1864-65, and under the bills near 

 Umballah in 1866, whence I procured a pair in the November 

 of that year. 



Ler^Hh. Wing. Tail. Tarsus. t„f Spu-'^'Kr "gllpr ^^-'- 

 cJ 22-5 8-95 10-5 .3-75 8-25 1 -6875 1-812 

 5 24 85 10-5 3-75 .3-25 1 ■G875 1-812 27-5 



Both of these specimens weighed 2 lb. after being gutted. I 



2 D 2 



