79. THE GREY JUNGLE FOWL. 



Gallus sonnerati) TEMMINCK. 



MALE : All the quills of the wing brown 

 or black ; lower plumage black, each 

 feather with an ashy margin and an ashy 

 shaft-streak. 



FEMALE : Lower plumage white, each 

 feather margined with grey ; the inner 

 quills of the wing and the greater coverts 

 not barred, but mottled with black. 



VERNACULAR NAMES \Jangli-murghi> 

 Hind. ; Komri^ Mt. Abu ; Pardah komri, 

 Chanda Dist. ; Kombadi, Deccan ; Adavi- 

 kode, Telugu ; Katukoli^ Tamil ; Koli, 

 Kadkoli, Canarese. 



THE Grey Jungle-Fowl occurs over a 

 great portion of Southern India, from the 

 extreme south up to a line which is thus 

 indicated by Mr. Hume : " From the 

 sea to its junction with the Indravati, the 

 valley of the Godaveri indicates approxi- 

 mately its north-eastern limits. Thence 

 a line drawn through Pachmarhi to the 

 Nerbudda completes roughly its north- 

 eastern boundary. Westwards the Ner- 

 budda defines, I believe, its northern 

 limits to within from 120 to 150 miles of 



