THE JUNGLEFOWL 



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Red Junglefowl G alius gallus (Linnaeus). 



Ceylon Junglefowl Gallus lafayetti Lesson. 



Gray Junglefowl Gallus sonnerati Temminck. 



Javan Junglefowl Gallus varius Griffith. 



KEY TO GALLUS 



L Comb and spurs largely developed; middle pair of tail-feathers elongated (males). 

 a A wattle on each side of the throat ; tail of fourteen feathers. 



ci Lower plumage black .......... 



b' Lower plumage orange-red 



c Lower plumage black, edged with grey and with a white shaft-stripe 



b A median throat wattle ; tail of sixteen feathers 



L Comb rudimentary ; spurs absent ; middle tail-feathers of normal shape (females), 

 a Lower back reddish-brown, finely mottled with black. 



d Breast pale reddish-brown 



b' Breast white, fringed and marked with black. 

 a" Outer web of secondaries widely barred with buff and black 

 b" Outer web of secondaries brown, finely mottled with black . 

 b Lower back black, fringed and centred with buff 



gallus. 

 lafayetti. 

 sonnerati. 

 varius. 



gallus. 



lafayetti. 

 sonnerati. 



varius. 



