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Case XVI. 
continues the Pheasants proper, among them will be 
noticed the beautiful Chinese Pencilled Pheasant, the 
Japanese Pheasant, the Cheer Pheasant (P. wadlichit), 
the lovely Amherst’s Pheasant, the Ringed Pheasant 
from Amoy, the brilliantly-coloured Chinese Golden 
Pheasant (Zhaumalea picta), Scemmerring’s Pheasant 
from Japan, and others. ‘These are followed by 
the genus Gal/us, the first of which, G. dankiva, 
the Indian Jungle-fowl, is believed to be the 
origin of our domestic fowl, from some _ breeds 
of which it is hardly to be distinguished; there are 
also specimens of G. varius, the Fork-tailed Jungle- 
fowl, a native of Java, and G. soenneratt, found in 
Southern India, the male has the shaft of the 
feathers curiously prolonged and flattened. Then 
follow the Guinea-fowls (Vumidia); one form JV. 
meleagris, 1s domesticated 1n our farm-yards; the 
Francolins, a numerous family; the Partridges, Red- 
legged Partridges, and the Quails, which fill the 
bottom of the case. 
Case XVII. 
The fine Himalayan Snow Partridge (7¢traogallus 
himalayensis), 1n this case is a conspicuous bird ; there 
are five species, all, like their relatives the Ptarmigans 
(Lagopus), inhabitants of lofty mountain ranges. One 
species of Grouse, the Red Grouse (Lagopus scoticus), 
is the only bird which can be claimed as exclusively 
British, it is found only in the northern counties of 
England and in Scotland. Another member of this 
family is the Capercally (Zetvao uroga/lus), a noble 
species formerly indigenous to the North of England, 
Scotland, and Ireland, where, however, it became 
extinct ; but it has been again introduced from Sweden 
