X LIST OF COLOURED PLATES 



Plate XXXIX. WHITE-TAILED WATTLED PHEASANT Lobiophasis bulweri 



Sharpe ......... Facing page 146 



Painted by G. E. Lodge. 



Perched in a tiny half-cave in the rocky side of a deep gorge in central Borneo, I watched 

 the flying lizards, gorgeous as butterflies, pass swiftly from tree to tree, while long-tailed paradise 

 flycatchers swooped after flying insects, in and out of the shadows overhead. Without warning 

 there stepped into view three chevrotain, the tiniest of jungle deer, and with them a quartet 

 of White-tailed Pheasants, one a fully adult male with great, spreading tail sweeping the 

 ground. They walked slowly beneath me, and still unalarmed, passed from view in the direction 

 of the river. 



Plate XL. RED JUNGLEFOWL Gallus gallus (Linnaeus) . . . Facingpage 172 



Painted by G. E. Lodge. 



To the human race this is the most important wild bird living on the earth, for it 

 represents the ancestor of all varieties of domestic fowl. It ranges from the border of Kashmir 

 to Singapore, and is found in the wildest regions, as well as close to native villages, with the 

 fowls of which the wild birds frequently cross. Its crow is bantam-like, and sounds strangely 

 out of place when heard in deep jungle. These Junglefowl are usually monogamous, the hens 

 lay from five to eight eggs. 



Plate XLI. CEYLON JUNGLEFOWL Gallus lafayetti Lesson . . Facingpage 212 



Painted by G. E, Lodge. 



In the dusk of early dawn the Junglefowl begin to leave their roosts and make their way 

 through the thorn thickets of south Ceylon to open glades. Here they send forth their loud 

 crow, chuck- George- J oy ce ! Here they battle with each other, armed with sharp spurs, and here 

 they scratch vigorously for worms and grubs. Sometimes a dozen birds can be heard crowing 

 in various directions, but after sunrise they cease, and with the coming of heat the birds seek 

 shelter under the dense foliage. 



Plate XLI I. GREY JUNGLEFOWL Gallus sonnerati Temminck . . Facingpage 234 



Painted by G. E. Lodge. 



The Junglefowl of southern India range from the sea-shore to an altitude of five thousand 

 feet. Mated pairs appear to remain together throughout the year. At the breeding season the 

 birds retreat to distant parts of the jungle, but at other times they often feed openly in trails 

 leading out of villages, especially where cattle are pastured. The spots on the hackles of the 

 cock are like drops of sealing-wax, and unlike any character found in other Junglefowl. 



Plate XLIII. PLUMAGES OF THE GREY JUNGLEFOWL Gallus sonnerati 



Temminck ••....... Facing page 246 



Drawn by H. Gronvold. 



The chick in down has very distinct patterns and coloration, and the wing feathers sprout 

 rapidly, so that it can fly a short time after hatching. 



The juvenile plumage of both sexes resembles that of the adult female, with usually a hint 

 of the sealing-wax spots on the median wing-coverts of the cock. 



A full-grown cock in the eclipse plumage has the specialised neck hackles replaced with 

 black ones. This partial moult lasts only for three months after the breeding season. 



Plate XLIV. JAVAN JUNGLEFOWL Gallus varius (Shaw and Nodder) Facingpage 248 

 Painted by G. E. Lodge. 



Early in the morning, before the sun appeared, picking my way quietly through a tangle 

 of cactus on the low-lying Javan coast, with a shrike sitting in every tree, with bulbuls singing 

 from every thicket, there would come across the valley a sharp, crisp, virile chaw-au-auk I the 

 challenge of the Javan Junglefowl. With erect iridescent comb and plumage glittering with 

 dew, the splendid wild fowl was leading his family from their roosting-place to the nearest 

 pool of water for their sunrise drink. 



