1914] Beebe: Preliminary Pheasant Studies. 285 



Gallus aeneus Cuvier, is one of the hybrids with violet upper 

 plumage, margined with golden yellow; comb with minute 

 teeth, and a small median wattle. 



Gallus temminckii Gray, is the red phase of hybrid. All 

 the plumage is margined with golden chestnut; six coarse teeth 

 in comb; well developed median throat wattle and small gular 

 wattles. 



Gallus violaceus Kelsall, has the violet gloss dominant, a 

 toothed comb and a good-sized median wattle. 



G. stramineicollis is merely a large variety of domestic fowl. 



After studying all four species of feral Gallus in their na- 

 tive haunts, as well as many examples of natural and artificial 

 hybridizing, and reviewing the evidence from all points of view, 

 I can find no reason to attribute the ancestry of all varieties of 

 our domestic fowls to other than the Red Junglefowl of India, 

 Gallus gallus (Linnaeus). 



