.' O PHASIANIDJE. 



richly glossed with purple ; fore neck glossy violet ; breast ferru- 

 ginous red with dusky shaft-stripes, passing on the abdomen into 

 dark brown. 



Female. Crown dark brown, rufescent anteriorly ; feathers of 

 neck mottled dark brown and buff and bordered with light brown ; 

 back and wing-coverts finely mottled dark brown and buff, with 

 narrow whitish shaft-stripes ; rump and tail the same, but more 

 rufous and without the pale shafts ; primaries dark brown, with 

 pale spots on the outer webs ; secondaries and greater coverts 

 black, with mottled buff cross-bars, especially on the outer webs ; 

 upper breast mottled black and bro*wn, with broad buff shaft- 

 stripes that become broader on the lower breast, which, with the 

 abdomen, is chiefly white with black or dark brown edges and 

 submarginal bands, disappearing towards the vent; under tail- 

 coverts like tail. 



Young males resemble females except that the upper parts are 

 more rufous and the lower parts without any white. 



In males the bill is brownish red, lower mandible paler ; iris 

 light golden yellow ; comb bright red, with a large interior yellow 

 patch ; face, throat, and wattles livid or purplish red ; legs and 

 feet wax-yellow, brownish anteriorly. Females have the upper 

 mandible dark brown, the lower yellowish ; iris yellowish olive ; 

 tarsi and feet brownish in front, yellow behind (Legge}. 



Length of males with fully-grown tails 26 to 28 ; tail 13 to 15 ; 

 wing 9-5 ; tarsus 3 ; bill from pipe 1-3. Length of females 14 ; 

 tail 5 ; wing 7'5 ; tarsus 2'5 ; bill from gape 1*1. 



Distribution. Throughout Ceylon, more common in the dry 

 jungles of the North and in the hills of the Southern Province. 



Habits, Sfc. Very similar to those of G.ferrugincus. The crow 

 of the cock is different, being commonly represented by " George 

 Joyce " with a low preliminary cluck. Either the breeding-season 

 in various parts of Ceylon varies greatly or these birds breed at all 

 seasons. The eggs vary in number from two to four according to 

 Legge, six to twelve teste Layard, and much resemble those of other 

 species of Jungle-fowl. 



1330. Gallus sonnerati. The Grey Jungle-fowl. 



Gallus sonnerati, Temm. Pig. et Gall ii, p. 246 (1813) ; iii, p. 659 ; 

 id. PI. Col nos. 232, 233; Blyth, Cat. p. 243; Jerdon, B. L iii, 

 p. 539 ; Blanford, J. A. S. B. xxxvi, pt. 2, p. 199; Hume, N. $ E. 

 p. 531 ; Butler, S. F. iv, p. 5; v, p. 222 ; ix. p. 421 ; Hume $ 

 Bourd. S. F. iv, p. 404 ; Hume 8f Marsh, Game B. i, p. 231, pi. ; 

 Hume, Cat. no. 813 ; Vidal, & F. ix, p. 76; Butler, ibid pp. 205, 

 421 ; Davidson, S. F. x, p. 316; Davison, ibid. p. 409; Barnes, 

 Birds Bom. p. 304 ; Gates in Hume's N. $ E. 2nd ed. iii, p. 420 j 

 Offline Grant, Cat. B. M. xxii, p. 350. 



Janyli-murghi, H. ; Komri, Mt. Abu ; Pardah Komri, Gondhi, Chanda; 

 Ran-kombadi, Mahr. ; Kattu kozhi or koli, Tana. ; Adavikode, Tel. ; 

 Koli, Kad-koli, Can. 



Coloration. Male. Crown and neck-hackles blackish, the feathers 



