148 



Birds of Burma. 



Argus, fire-backed, and ocellated Pheasants of those islands are equally 

 unknown in Java."* Baffles must mean this species when he states that 

 " the common Peacock is a native of the Malayan peninsula and of Java, and 

 is also known to Sumatra.' ' He gives the Malayan name as M'ree or Mar ah, 

 but in Sumatra he may only have seen tame Peafowl, imported from Java. 

 The late Dr. Cantor had specimens in his collection from Pinang and Pro- 

 vince Wellesley, but whether procured there in the wild state I am unaware ; 

 it may be remarked, however, that the same collection contained specimens 

 of Gallus varius, which is understood to be quite peculiar to Java. 



[The occurrence of this species in Burma offers a notable instance of the 

 fact that Javan forms, unknown in the Malay peninsula south of Pinang, and 

 in Sumatra and Borneo, reappear in Burma.] 



Subfam. Argus an inte. 



526. Abgusanus giganteiis. 

 Phasianus argus, L. ; Elliot, Mon. Phas. pt. iii. pi. 2. 

 Mergui, Malayan peninsula, Sumatra. 



*527. PoLYPLECTKON CHIKQUIS. 



Polyplectron chinquis, Temminck ; Pavo tibetanus, L. ; Gould, B. As. pt. xxiii. fig. 1 ; 

 Elliot, Mon. Phas. pt. ii. pi. 8. Doung-Kula, Monuwur, and £ay-o-da-huk. 



Sylhet, Assam, Tenasserim provinces; South- West China (Swinhoe). 



[The oldest name for this species is P. thibetanus, but as it involves a 

 geographical error, Temminck's title is adopted by most authors.] 



Subfam. Phasianjkze (Pheasants). 



528. Gallus eeeeiighsteus (J. 812). 



Tetrao ferrugineus, Gm. ; Elliot, Mon. Phas. pt. ii. pi. 9. 



The wild common Fowl. Abundant in the forests, and the domestic 

 poultry of the Karens is commonly recruited from the wild race, which is not 

 the case in those parts of northern and central India where the wild and 

 tame inhabit the same forest districts. The cheek-lappet of the cock is pure 

 white and contrasting in the Indian race, aud red in the Indo-Chinese race. 

 The tarsi are always slate-coloured in the wild bird, but tend to become 

 yellow in the domestic before any other change is perceptible. 



[Tonghoo {W. JR.); Tenasserim (Z>.).] 



* Malay Archipelago, i. p. 169. 



