338 A HAND-BOOK OF THE MANAGEMENT OF ANIMALS 



(375) SONNERAT'S JUNGLE FOWL. 

 (GALLUS SONNEKATI— Temm.) 

 Hdb. — Southern India, extending as far north as the Satpoora hills. 



(376) THE FORKED-TAIL JUNGLE FOWL. 

 (GALLUS VARIUS— Shaw.) 



It differs from all other species of fowls in having the hackles of 

 the neck square at their tips, instead of lanceolate ; another distinc- 

 tive feature of this species is that it has a single median wattle instead of 

 one on each side. The shade of colour of the bare skin behind the eyes 

 varies. 



Hab.— Java and adjacent islands. 



(377) THE DOMESTIC FOWL. 

 (GALLUS DOMESTICUS— Linn.) 



The following varieties have from time to time been exhibited : — 

 Cotton-feathered breed from China ; long-tailed breed from Japan ; 

 bantams from China and Japan ; Brahmaputra, Cochin, and many other 

 mixed breeds. 



Fowls have generally done well. As, however, they do not thrive 

 when confined within a limited space, much care is necessary to protect 

 them from the depredations of mungooses and civets. 



(378) THE HORNED TRAGOPAN. 

 (CEEIOENIS SATYEA— {Linn.) ) 



Description. — Male— head black ; throat intense blue, surrounded by 

 a band of black ; neck, upper back, breast, abdomen, and all the under 

 parts bright red, spotted with white, each spot edged with deep black ; 

 baok, rump, wings, and upper tail coverts brown, variegated with 

 black bars and white eyelets ; orbits and erectile horns blue. Female — 

 rufous brown, mottled and blotched with black ; breast and under parts 

 generally much lighter than the upper parts, which have a rufous 

 tinge. 



Hab.— Nepal, Sikhim. 



Length of life in captivity. 



Tragopans have not, as a rule, done well in this garden. The longest 

 period during which one of this species lived has been about eighteen 

 months only. 



