PLATE XL 
RED JUNGLEFOWL 
Gallus gallus (Linnaeus) 
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. 
