GALLUS. tO 



"comb," which is small or rudimentary in females; and males of 

 all Indian species have a wattle or lappet on each side of the throat, 

 whilst the sides of the face are mainly or wholly naked in both 

 sexes. The tail is laterally compressed and composed of 14 or 16 

 feathers (14 in all Indian species) ; the middle pair in the male 

 are about twice as long as the next pair and nearly four times as 

 long as the outer rectrices ; the ends of these long middle tail- 

 feathers diverge and droop when the tail is raised. The feathers 

 of the neck and of the sides of the rump form long hackles in the 

 males. The 1st primary is considerably shorter than the 10th. 

 Tarsus much longer than the middle toe and claw, and armed in 

 males with a long sharp spur. 



Jungle-fowl are forest birds, found singly or in small parties 

 in woods or bushy tracts or high grass, and especially in bamboo- 

 jungle. Though essentially polygamous they are often found in 

 pairs. They teed on grain and other seeds, fruit and insects, 

 worms, snails, &c. Four distinct wild species, besides some 

 doubtful forms, are known, ranging throughout the greater part 

 of the Oriental region ; three occur within British limits. 



Key to the Species. 



A. Comb and spurs developed. 



a. Neck-hackles yellow or red, without spots. 



a'. Breast black .................... G. ferrugineus $ , p. 75. 



b'. Breast reddish orange ............ G. iafayettii tf , p. 77. 



b. Neck-hackles blackish, with glossy white 



and yellow spots .................. G. sonnerati <$ , p. 78. 



B. No spurs, and a rudimentary comb. 



a. Breast rufous, with narrow pale shaft- 



lines ............................ G. ferrugineus $ , p. 76. 



b. Breast mottled, with white shaft-stripes. G. Iafayettii $ , p. 78. 



c. Breast black, with broad white shaft- 



stripes .......................... G. sonnerati , p. 79. 



1328. Gallus ferrugineus. The lied Jungle-fowl. 



Phasianus gallus, Linn. Syst. Nat. i, p.. 270 (1766). 



Tetrao ferrugineus, Gm. tSyst. Nat. i, '2, p. 761 (1788). 



Gallus bankiva, Temm.Pig. etGall. ii.p. 87 (18 J 3) ; Gray in Hardw. 

 III. 2nd. Zool. i, pi. 43, tig. 3 $ . 



Gallus ferrugineus, Blyth, Cat. p. 242 j Jerdon, B. I. iii, p. 536 ; Blyth, 

 Ibis, 1867, p. 154 ; Blanford, J. A. S. B. xxxvi, pt. 2, p. 199 ; 

 Beavan, Ibis, 1868, p. 381 ; Godw.-Aust. J. A. S. B. xxxix, pt. 2, 

 p. 272 ; xlv, pt. 2, p. 83 ; Hume, N. Sf E. p. 528 ; Ball, 8. F. ii, 

 p. 426 ; vii, p. 225 ; Blyth Sf Wald. Birds Burm. p. 148 ; Hume 



* Marsh. Game B. i, p. 217, pi. ; Anders. Yunnan Exped., 

 p. 669 ; Hume $ Duv. S. F. vi, pp. 442, 521 ; Hume, Cat. no. 812 j 

 Scully, S. F. viii, p. 348 ; Oates, B. B. ii, p. 322 ; Marshall, Ibis, 

 1884, p. 423 ; Hume, S. F. xi, p. 304 j Oates in Humes N. % E. 

 2nd ed. iii, p. 417. 

 Gallus gallus, Ogilvie Grant, Cat. B. M. xxii, p. 344. 



Janyal-nwrgh $ , Jangli-murghi J , Ban murghi, H. ; Kuknr, Kukra 



