PLATE XL 



RED JUNGLEFOWL 



Gallus gallus (Linnaeus) 



To the human race this is the most important wild bird hving 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. 



