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Genus 7. Gallus. 



Range. — India, Ceylon, and throughout Burmese countries into 

 Sumatra, Java, and islands beyond, as far as Timor : PhiUppines(?). 



1 . Gallus bankiva. (Bankiva Jungle-fowl.) 



Gallus bankiva, Temm. H. N. Pig. & Gall. ii. p. 87. 



Gallus ferrugineus, Blyth, Cat. p. 242. 



Hab. Java, Sumatra, Malacca, Burmese countries: Assam; and 

 jungly districts of all Northern India, from valleys of the Subhima- 

 layan region southward to the Vindhya range and N. Circars 

 {Blyth). Philippines (Craw/orrf). All the islands between Java 

 and Timor inclusive, and also Southern Celebes {Wallace). 



2. Gallus stanleyii. (Ceylonese Jungle-fowl.) 



Gallus lafayettii, Less. 



Gallus stanleyii, J. E. Gray, Ind. Zool. 



Hab. Ceylon. 



3. Gallus sonneratii. (Sonnerat's Jungle-fowl.) 



Gallus sonneratii, Temm. PI. Col. 232, 233. 



Hab. Peninsula of India. 



" Tolerably abundant in most of the lofty jungles of Southern 

 India ; also found in the lower jungles in the Carnatic and eastern 

 range of Ghauts " {Jerdon). Very rare and local in the Vindhya 

 range, and not found further north of it. Royle is wrong in stating 

 that it is found in the North-western Himalayas {Blyth). 



4. Gallus varius. (Fork-tailed Jungle-fowl.) 



Phasianus varius, Shaw, Nat. Misc. pi. 9. 



Gallus javanicus, Horsf. Linn. Trans, xiii. p. 185. 



Gallus furcatus, Temm. PI. Col. 433. 



Hab. Java : Lombock, Sumbawa, and Flores. 



Mr. Wallace has examples of this bird from Java and Flores which 

 show little variation. He saw it in Lombock, and heard of its being 

 more abundant in Sumbawa. 



Genus 8. Ceriornis. 

 Range. — Southern slopes of Himalayas into Southern China. 



1. Ceriornis satyra. (Horned Tragopan,)] 



Meleagris satyra, Linn. S. N. i. p. 269. 



Tragopan satyrus, Gould, Cent. pi. 62. 



Ceriornis satyra, Blyth, Cat. p. 240. 



Hab. South-eastern Himalayas, Nepal, Sikim : Bhotan. 



2. Ceriornis melanocephala. (Black-headed Tragopan.) 



Satyra melanocephala. Gray in Griff. An. K. iii. p. 29. 

 Tragopon hartingsi, Vig. P. Z. S. 1832, p. 8; Gould, Cent, 

 pis. 63, 64, 65. 



