PHOTOGRAVURE 35 



CEYLON JUNGLEFOWL 



In the more arid places Junglefowl often suffer from the attacks ot ticks, which attach themselves to 

 their comb in large numbers, and although they will sometimes preen one another's plumage, they seem 

 never to attempt to rid their companions of these pests. 



The eggs vary from white to a rich cream colour. Usually they are unspotted, but occasionally eggs 

 will be found which are thickly covered with dots and spots of brownish red. 



In trampled places in the thorn-brush, feathers are sometimes found, showing where severe battles 

 have taken place between rival cocks. But this photograph reveals a real tragedy. A cock Junglefowl 

 had been feeding on the insects which it had scratched from a nest of termites, when a civet cat or 

 similar enemy had pounced upon the bird, plucked out many of the larger wing feathers and carried 

 it away. 



