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BIEDS OF BEITISH BURMAH. 
Genus GALLUS, Briss. 
678. GALLUS FERRUGINEUS. 
THE COMMON JUNGLE-FOWL. 
Tetrao ferrugineus, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 761. Gallus ferruginous, Jerd. B. Ind. 
ii. p. 236 ; Elliot, Mon. Phas. ii. pi. 32 ; Hume, Nests and Eggs, p. 528 ; id. S. F. 
iii. p. 171 ; Bl. B. Bunn. p. 148 ; Armstrong, S. F. iv. p. 338 ; Oates, S. F. v. 
p. 164 ; David et Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 420 ; Anders. Yunnan Exped. p. 669 ; 
Wardlaiu Ramsay, Ibis, 1877, p. 468 ; Hume Bav. S. F. vi. p. 442 ; Hume, 
S. F. viii. p. Ill ; Hume 8f Marsh. Game Birds, i. p. 217, pi. ; Bingham, S. F. 
X. p. 195 ; Oates, S. F. x. p. 236 ; Kelham, Ibis, 1882, p. 1. 
Description, — Male. Head and neck ricli golden_, turning to yellow on tlie 
longer hackles which cover the back ; back^ lesser wing-coverts and lower 
plumage black; median coverts glistening maroon-chestnut ; greater coverts 
glossy bluish black ; primaries brown ; secondaries brown, broadly edged 
with chestnut ; tertiaries black ; a band across the lower back connecting 
the median coverts rich maroon-chestnut, followed by a broad band of rich 
purplish brown ; lower rump and upper tail-coverts rich golden ; tail 
blacky more or less glossed with green. 
The female has the crown rufous, the shafts darker ; the hackles of the 
neck dark brown edged with yellow ; the upper plumage and wing- coverts 
yellowish brown mottled with black, and the shafts yellowish ; primaries 
dark brown ; secondaries dark brown^ the outer webs mottled with yellowish 
brown ; tertiaries with both webs mottled ; tail dark brown_, the outer webs 
mottled with yellowish brown ; lower plumage reddish brown with paler 
shaft-streaks, and most of the feathers stippled with blackish. 
Legs purpurescent brown ; claws dark bluish horn ; comb_, wattles_, eye- 
lids and the bare skin of the head dull red ; iris orange-red ; bill dark brown, 
reddish towards the base, and paler at the tip of lower mandible. 
Male : length 28 inches, tail 14, wing 9^ tarsus 31, bill from gape 1"2. 
Female : length 18 inches, tail 6, wing 7, tarsus 2*5, bill from gape 1. 
The Common Jungle-fowl is universally distributed over the Province, 
alike in the hills and plains^ and is everywhere abundant; and it is met with 
in Karennee. 
It occurs in the Indo-Burmese countries and a great part of the Indian 
peninsula, and it is found in Siam and Cochin China. To the south it 
ranges down the Malay peninsula to Sumatra. In a modified form, 
whether wild or semi-domesticated, it has been recorded from numerous 
islands of the archipelago, and even from some in the Pacific Ocean. 
There is no description of jungle from which this common bird is absent ; 
but if it has a predilection for any particular style of country, it is for 
