PLATE XLIV 



JAVAN JUNGLEFOWL 



Gallus varius (Shaw and Nodder) 



Early in the morning, before the sun appeared, picking my way quiedy 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 ckaiu-au-atck f the challenge of the Javan Jungle- 

 fowl. 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. 



