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Scamon's : Scansorial (climbing) Birds. 
Passeresi Perching Birds. 
Raptat&res : Birds of Prey. 
GAME BIRDS OR PHEASANTS. 
The most familiar looking of the Pheasants is no doubt 
the Jungle Fowl {GaUnsgaUusor G.fermginetfs), the species which 
is generally regarded as the ancestor of the domestic fowl It 
occurs all over India, the Malay Peninsula and the Indo-Malayan 
islands. It is called Ay am beroga or A. denak or A. hutan 
in Malay. But the most gorgeous member of the group is the 
Burniese Pea Fowl or Burong merak ( P aim mut tens), ranging 
from Indo-China through the Malay Peninsula to Java. Its 
plumage is even more brilliant than that of the common Pea 
Fowl of India (Pavo cristatus) and differs from it by the structure 
of its crest and by its neck being dark green, that of the Indian 
one being blue. The tail of these birds is, in the males, entirely 
hidden by the enormously developed upper tail-coverts, which 
form the * train/ Wallace found the Peacock abundant at a 
place called Wonosalem in Java, and described its fiesh as 
' tender, white and delicate, and similar to that of a Turkey.* 
It is curious that the Peacock is not found in Borneo and 
Sumatra, but at least Sumatra {together with the Malay Penin- 
sula), may pride itself on possessing a bird which stands not far 
behind in grace and stateliness, viz. the Argus Pheasant or 
Kuwang raya {Argmianus argus). The chief beauty of the male 
lies in the wings, the secondary quills of which are enormously 
developed and are adorned with rows of large 'eyes.' Two 
beautiful specimens are exhibited, one from the Bindings, pre- 
senter! by Mr. R. J. Wilkinson in 1902, and one from Indragiri, 
Sumatra, presented by Mr, J. E. RomeniJ in 1905. {see pi. 
IX, fig. 2). In Borneo a somewhat smaller Argus Pheasant 
{Argusianus grayi) occurs. 
We cannot do much more than glance at the other mem- 
bers of the Pheasant tribe, at the wonderful Fire-backed Phea- 
sants or Ayam pegar of the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Bor- 
neo, viz. the crestless Acomus pyronatus, occuring in Borneo ; the 
crested Lophura rufa, from the mainland and Sumatra, and 
Bulwer's Wattled Pheasant {Lobwphasis bukveri) from Borneo, 
the head of which is almost naked and is ornamented with three 
pairs of blue wattles. Smaller and more soberly coloured 
members of the same group are the Partridges, the Red-crested 
one, Burong sin! or chichit {RoIMm nmlroiil) and the Black 
