20 GAME BIRDS OF INDIA AND ASIA. 



mottled black, brown and white, becoming lighter 

 further back. Her legs are yellow like the cock's. 

 She has no wattles, and is feathered on the 

 face. 



Young cocks are redder above and darker below 

 than hens. The size of this species is about the 

 same as that of the red jungle-fowl, except that 

 the cock's tail is longer ; the hen's, on the other 

 hand, appears to be shorter in this species. 



The Ceylon jungle-fowl is confined to the island 

 ' ' where every prospect pleases ; ' ' but the parts 

 thereof that especially gratify the tastes of the 

 bird are the northern jungles and the southern 

 hills. There seems to be a good deal of variation 

 in the breeding season and also in the number of 

 eggs laid, which is given as from two or twelve by 

 different authors. There is nothing noteworthy 

 about the appearance of these eggs. 



The crow of the Ceylon cock is very different 

 from that of the rival chanticleer of India, being 

 two-syllabled and commonly rendered as a call to 

 one " George Joyce." A Ceylon planter, how- 

 ever, told me recently that the general opinion 

 nowadays was that the bird's friend's name was 

 "John." 



The cock is a gentleman of somewhat Don Juan- 

 like instincts, and apt to intrude on the domestic 

 happiness of village roosters, without the excuse 

 that the red jungle-fowl can offer of community 

 of descent. 



