KUNGL. SV. VET. AKADEMIENS HANDLINGAR. BAND 50. N:0 8- 67 



156. Gallus ferrugineus Gm. — The wild Jungle Fowl occurs över the whole 

 area of Siarn, though more or less common. 



In the evergreen primeval forests they are plentiful both in Northern and 

 Eastern Siarn, but as a rule they are rather shy. The best way to get Jnngle Fowls 

 is to do as the natives do. In the mornings and in the evenings they place a 

 domesticated cock on a suitable spöt in the jungle where wild fowls live, Then 

 they hide waiting for the cock to crow. As soon as a wild cock hears crowing on 

 his special »hiinting ground» he at once moves to drive away the presnmptous in- 

 trader. In this way it is that the vSiamese generally kill the Jungle Fowls. In the 

 thick jungles they are, however, rather härd to get owing to their shyness and the 

 thickness of the woods. 



(^ 73 1912 Meh Lem. J" "/_, 19^2 Bång Hue Horn. 



Length =520 mm. Length = 560 mm. 



Wing =219 » Wing =234 » 



Culmen= 18 » Tail =290 » 



$ ^Vs 1912 Meh Lem. $ »/s 1912 Meh Lera. 



Length =440 mm. Length = 455 mm. 



Wing =191 * Wing =195 » 



Tail =159 » 



157. Lophura diardi Bp. — I also saw some bad skins of the Siamese Fire- 

 backed Pheasant, shot by a Dane in the forests at the Meh Lem river, but I myself 

 ne ver had the opportunity of shooting Pheasants during my travels in Siam, though 

 I of ten heard birds flying in the thick jungles and my native servants told me they 

 were »kai fan» which is the Laos name före the >> Fire-backed » . 



158. Tropicoperdix chloropus Tick. — I only observed hill partridges on the 

 mountains overgrown with evergreen primeval forests at Kao Plyng and Bång Hue 

 Hom. The birds are seldom seen by Europeans, but the natives are in the habit 

 of catching them by means of traps set out över the small paths made either by 

 men or animals. The specimens in my collection were obtained from the natives, 

 which often brought me living specimens during my stay both at Kao Plyng and 

 Bång Hue Hom. 



(f 3iyj 1912 Bång Hue Hom. $ 29/1 1912 Kao Plyng. 



Length = 265 mm. Length = 260 mm. 



Wing =142 » Wing =152 » 



Tail = 66 » 



