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prolonged and mournful one, and can be heard an immense 
distance. Their flight is exceedingly rapid. I have taken the 
nest on several occasions, andl can confirm Layard’s  state- 
ment as to the colour of the eggs. Blyth must have made some 
mistake, because the eggs always are more or less of “a pale 
yellowish drab” or very pale café au lait. 
803.—Pavo cristatus, Zin. The Pea-fowl. 
Occurs through the Wynaad and Mysore, and on the 
slopes of the Nilghiris up to about 4,000 feet; it is local and 
not common anywhere; the only place where I found it at all 
abundant was in the vicinity of Muddur in Mysore. 
813.—Gallus sonnerati, Tem. The Grey Jungle-fowl. 
This species occurs all through the Wynaad in the Mysore 
country, ascending quite to the summit of the Nilghiris, and is 
prettv abundant. The undergrowth of many of the forests on 
the Nilghiris is almost entirely composed of Strobilanthes 
whitiant, and when this seeds,as it does once in about seven years, 
the Jungle-fowl assemble in vast numbers to feed on the seed. 
They do this too when the bamboo seeds. Inplaces, where as inthe 
vicinity of Ootacamund and Coonoor they are much disturbed, 
they become exceedingly shy and wary, but where they are 
not much 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 eall 
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. When in really fine plumage the 
male is an exceedingly handsome bird. I shot a magnificent 
male on the 3lst of March at a village a few miles from 
Ootacamund, and not wishing to carry it about with me all 
the morning, I sent it back to camp, and when I returned about 
mid-day, I found to my disgust that it had been skinned, so I 
can only give partial measurements and those taken from the 
skin, and I can give no weight, but I should judge that it weighed 
quite three pounds. The following are the dimensions of theskin:— 
Male.—Length, 31:3; tail, 18-0; wing, 9°85; tarsus, 2°8; 
bill from gape, 1:4. 
The following are dimensions taken in the flesh of three fine 
but ordinary males, and a female :— 
Males.—Length, 249 to 26-6; expanse, 28-0 to 30-0; tail, 
12-6 to 14°75 wing, 8°75 to 9°6 ; tarsus, 2°8 ; bill from gape, 1-4; 
weight, 2°0 to 2°5 lbs. 
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