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Birds of Celebes: Phasianidae. 



than that described — display a much hghter, more orange-ferruginous dress, varjing 

 also considerably among themselves. 



Adult female. Head above dark brown, becoming black with broad light tawny margins 

 on the feathers of the neck; remaining upper-parts, flanks and under tail- 

 coverts warm brown, fretted and vermiculated with black; jugulum, breast and 

 abdomen pale hazel, with hght shaft-streaks; remiges dusty drab; outer tail- 

 feathers blackish (Java: v. Schierbr. — Nr. 10142). 



Kemaxk. A specimen, marked Q, killed by the Drs. Sarasin near the village of Duluduo 

 between the Minahassa and Grorontalo, 17. Dec. 1893, is entirely brown-black, with 

 a gloss of green, and the feathers of the neck bordered with whitish. A small comb 

 and two small wattles on the sides of the throat are present. The Drs. Sarasin 

 are probably correct in surmising that it is a bastard — i. e. between a native 

 domestic fowl and G. ferrugineus. 



Young in down. The chicken is fulvous, browner on hind neck, more chestnut down middle 

 of back and on flanks; a buff stripe down each side of the back; only seven primaries 

 sprouted: bill, legs and feet yellowish white (2 specimens, Kema, 3. Aug. 1893: 

 P. & F. Sarasin). 



Eggs. Two found near Manado were longer than the eggs of the domestic fowls of Celebes 

 (Meyer d 11). "The eg^ in my collection taken by Gates in Pegu measures 

 41.5 X 30 man. The colour is pale clay-yellow. The numerous pores have the 

 appearance of little white points. The shell is glossy" (Nehrkorn MS.). Cf. also, 

 Hume 14. 



Nest. A hollow scraped in the ground, usually more or less lined with leaves, grasses, etc. (14). 



Distribution. India (Jerdon i, Hume 14, etc.); Burmah (Gates S, etc.); Tenasserim 

 (Davison 4, el, Bingham el); Cochin China (David & Oust. 3, Pierre el); 

 Siam (Gates <S); Hainan (D. & G. 3, Styan 17); Malay Peninsvda (Maingay, Cantor 

 el, etc.); Sumatra (Beccari &, Klaesi iO, etc.); Java (Horsfield d 2, Vorderman 

 dl4, d 15); Lombok (Doherty, Everett e 3); Pliihppine Islands (Tweeddale dl2, 

 Steere dl8, B. & W. e 2), with Palawan (Whitehead d 16, d 17, Platen d 16); 

 Balabac (Steere d 16); Sooloo (Guillem. d 13); Bongao (Everett d 19); Siao 

 (Meyer dXP'"); Celebes — Minahassa (Meyer dll, P.&F.Sarasin); Gorontalo Distr. 

 (v. Rosenb. d 10, Meyer dll); Posso (Meyer dll); Togian (Meyer dll); Kandari, 

 S. E. Celebes (Beccari 2); Luwu Distr. ("Weber 7S); Macassar (Wallace d 9); 

 Bulekomba (Everett e 3). 



Not much has been recorded about the Jungle Fowl in Celebes, where it 

 must have been introduced by man. It is common at Kandari, where Beccari 

 observed that it interbred with domestic fowls from which it may have sprung. 

 In North Celebes Meyer found that the natives keep the Jungle Fowl in captivity, 

 decoying it with trained domestic fowls. Curiously enough, the Jvmgle Fowl has 

 not yet been recorded from Borneo. In a tame or feral condition it is found 

 throughout Polynesia, where it has of course been introduced, and under 





