oe LIST OF COLOURED PLATES 
Purate XXXIX. WHITE-TAILED WATTLED PHEASANT CPEs bulwere 
Sharpe : : 2 : . Hacing page 146 
Painted by G. E. Lodge. 
Perched in a tiny half-cave in the rocky side of a deep gorge in central Borneo, I watched 
the flying lizards, gorgeous as butterflies, pass swiftly from tree to tree, while long-tailed paradise 
flycatchers swooped after flying insects, in and out of the shadows overhead. Without warning 
there stepped into view three chevrotain, the tiniest of jungle deer, and with them a quartet 
of White-tailed Pheasants, one a fully adult male with great, spreading tail sweeping the 
ground. They walked slowly beneath me, and still unalarmed, passed from view in the direction 
of the river. 
PratE XL. RED JUNGLEFOWL Gadlus gallus (Linnaeus) - . . Facing page 172 
Painted by G. E. Lodge. 
To the human race this is the most important wild bird living on the earth, for it 
represents the ancestor of all varieties of domestic fowl. It ranges from the border of Kashmir 
to Singapore, and is found in the wildest regions, as well as close to native villages, with the 
fowls of which the wild birds frequently cross. Its crow is bantam-like, and sounds strangely 
out of place when heard in deep jungle. These Junglefowl are usually monogamous, the hens 
lay from five to eight eggs. 
Pirate XLI. CEYLON JUNGLEFOWL Gallus lafayette Lesson  . . Facing page 212 
Painted by G. E. Lodge. 
In the dusk of early dawn the Junglefowl begin to leave their roosts and make their way 
through the thorn thickets of south Ceylon to open glades. Here they send forth their loud 
crow, chuck-George-Joyce! Were they battle with each other, armed with sharp spurs, and here 
they scratch vigorously for worms and grubs. Sometimes a dozen birds can be heard crowing 
in various directions, but after sunrise they cease, and with the coming of heat the birds seek 
shelter under the dense foliage. 
Prate XLII. GREY JUNGLEFOWL Gadlus sonneratc Temminck . . Facing page 234 
Painted by G. E. Lodge. 
The Junglefowl of southern India range from the sea-shore to an altitude of five thousand 
feet. Mated pairs appear to remain together throughout the year. At the breeding season the 
birds retreat to distant parts of the jungle, but at other times they often feed openly in trails 
leading out of villages, especially where cattle are pastured. The spots on the hackles of the 
cock are like drops of sealing-wax, and unlike any character found in other Junglefowl. 
Puate XLII]. PLUMAGES OF THE GREY ea S Ald Gallus sonnerati 
Temminck . . , . Facing page 246 
Drawn by H. Gronvold. 
The chick in down has very distinct patterns and coloration, and the wing feathers sprout 
rapidly, so that it can fly a short time after hatching. 
The juvenile plumage of both sexes resembles that of the adult female, with usually a hint 
of the sealing-wax spots on the median wing-coverts of the cock. 
A full-grown cock in the eclipse plumage has the specialised neck hackles replaced with 
black ones. This partial moult lasts only for three months after the breeding season. 
Prate XLIV. JAVAN JUNGLEFOWL Gallus varius (Shaw and Nodder) Facing page 248 
Painted by G. E. Lodge. 
Early in the morning, before the sun appeared, picking my way quietly 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 chaw-au-auk! the 
challenge of the Javan Junglefowl. 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, 
