3 1 4 The Fowl-like Birds 



Japanese form in which the tail of the cock grows to a length of ten or fifteen 

 feet. 



The Ceylon species (G. lafayettei) is a handsome bird, having the hackles of 

 the mantle golden orange, with a black band down the middle of each, while 

 those of the lower back and rump are bright orange-red, with a heart-shaped 

 spot of glossy violet on the terminal half of each. The chest, breast, and sides are 

 also orange-red. 



The Gray Jungle Fowl (G. sonnerati) of western, southern, and central 

 India has the hackles of the neck and mantle black, fringed with gray, and with 



FIG. 102. Peacock-Pheasant, Polyplectron bicalcaratum. 



a yellowish spot like sealing-wax near the tip of each. The Green or Javan 

 Jungle Fowl (G. varius] of Java, Lombok, and Flores has the margin of the 

 comb entire and the feathers of the back of the neck and upper mantle covered 

 with short, square-tipped, purplish blue feathers, each edged with greenish 

 bronze, while the lower mantle is golden green. 



Peacock-Pheasants. With the so-called Peacock-Pheasants (Polyplectron) 

 we enter upon a very different type, which in a way connects the last with the 

 Argus and other Pheasants. Of medium or small size, they have a relatively 

 large, full, flat, and rounded tail composed of twenty-four feathers, each of which 



