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disturbed they are easily approachable. 

 The crow of the cock is peculiar, and 

 might be syllablized Kuk-kah-kaha-kuk^ 

 and is quite unlike that of the Red Jungle- 

 Fowl. The call of the female is something 

 like Kukkun-kuk kun. The cock crows 

 chiefly in the mornings and evenings and 

 sometimes also during the day in cloudy 

 weather. The cock goes through a partial 

 moult, losing his hackles and central tail- 

 feathers during the rains." 



The Grey Jungle-Fowl has probably 

 two, if not more, broods in the year, for 

 the eggs have been found in various parts 

 of India in almost every month. 



The nest is a small collection of leaves 

 and sticks placed on the ground in thick 

 cover. The eggs, which number from 

 seven to thirteen, are oval in shape, and 

 vary from creamy white to buff in colour. 

 They measure from 1*68 to 2*05 in length 

 and from i'2i to 1*5 in breadth. 



In the male, the hackles on the mantle 

 are black, each feather with a grey margin, 

 a white spot, and a somewhat yellow patch 

 at the tip resembling sealing-wax. The 

 feathers of the back and rump are black 

 with white shafts and narrow grey margins. 

 The upper tail-coverts are glossy purple. 

 The tail is glossy black. The wing- 



