176 A MONOGRAPH OF THE PHEASANTS 



with great vigour and swiftness, and where the trees and bushes are not too dense, 

 afford a very good mark" (Townsend, "Journey ... to the Sandwich Islands," etc! 

 1839, p. 289). 



PONAPE 



"Of the specimens from this locality, the male shows no difference from 

 specimens from Sumatra, except that the primaries arc not cinnamon, but dull rusty 

 brown, and the wings are a trifle longer. The female differs a good deal ... I am 

 inclined to believe that the differences which this bird shows are due to a domestic 

 state" (Finsch, " Proc. Zool. Soc," 1877, p. 780). 



SuLU Island 



" This jungle-cock, although very numerous on Sulu Island, is but rarely seen, 

 owing to its haunting the thicker jungle and being very shy. . . . After a few days' 

 captivity they become even tamer than domestic fowls, and are freely crossed with 

 the latter by the natives" (Guillemard, " Proc. Zool. Soc," 1885, P- 272). 



And again, "Junglefowl are plentiful on Kushai and Ponape, but on both 

 islands they are not native species, but the offspring of imported tame birds, which 

 have run wild and have returned to the original plumage of Gallus ferrugineusr 



Pelew and Uap Islands 



"Captain Peters sends a single female (from Pelew), but unfortunately he does 

 not state whether the Junglefowl lives in a wild state in the islands, or as in Uap, 

 as Mr. Kubary remarks, only in a half-wild state." 



Wetter, North of Timor 

 "Wild fowls were met with in great numbers on Wetter, but the great variation 

 in the males and the geographical distribution at once suggest that they are feral. 

 Some of these birds, in fact the majority, are indistinguishable from Gallus 

 ferrugineus from India and China, though some have very short tarsi. Probably 

 either wild-caught G. ferrugineus have been introduced, or more likely a race of 

 domestic fowl descendant from Gallus ferrugineus has run wild and thus the jungles 

 are inhabited by an apparently quite wild fowl" (Hartert, " Novitates Zoologicae," 

 XI. p. 176). 



Negros 



" The collection contains a female Junglefowl which is entirely black, with 

 greenish-metallic reflection. 



"At first I much doubted if such a melanic specimen was likely to be of wild 

 origin. Mr. Keay, however, assures me that the bird was not a roving specimen. 

 It was seen for several days on the margin of the forest, in company with a 

 normally-plumaged cock, and was finally secured by Mr. Keay with some difficulty, 

 as it was very wary and smart on the wing. When shot it towered to a height of 

 over 150 feet, and then fell dead. 



" Mr. Keay is convinced that it is a genuinely wild Junglefowl ; and, if measure- 



