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GAME-BIRDS. 



the middle of the head from the base of the bill, and the sides of the face, chin, and 

 throat naked, and provided with one or two more wattles. The red jungle-fowl 

 (Gallus banciva), with its serrated comb and double- wattled throat, closely 

 resembles its domestic descendant the game-cock in the colours of its plumage, 

 and is a common denizen of the well- watered jungle-country of the lower ranges 

 of the Himalaya, from Kashmir to Assam, and parts of Central India, especially in 



COCK AND HEN OF AMHERST'S PHEASANT (} Hat. size). 



the vicinity of scattered cultivation. It is also found throughout the Malay 

 Peninsula and eastwards to Cochin-China, Sumatra, Java, and the Philippines. 

 When running or feeding, jungle-fowl droop the tail, but when challenging their 

 rivals, or paying their addresses to their mates, they carry it erect like the 

 domestic cock. Of all their kind, these birds, even in a wild state, are the most 

 pugnacious, the males often fighting till one or other of the combatants is killed. 

 Besides the above, several other species are known, such as the Ceylon 

 (G. lafayetti), the grey jungle-fowl (G. sonnerati), from India, which produces the 



