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Birds of Celebes: Phasianidae. 
than that described — displaj^ a much lighter, more orange-ferniginous dress, varjing 
also considerably among themselves. 
Adult female. Head above dark brown, becoming black with broad light tawny margins 
on the feathers of the neck; remaining upper-parts, flanks and under tail- 
coverts warm broAvn, fretted and vermiculated with black; jugulum, breast and 
abdomen pale hazel, with light shaft-streaks; remiges dusky drab; outer tail- 
feathers blackish (Java: v. Schierbr. — Nr. 10142). 
Kemark. A specimen, marked $, killed by the Drs. Sarasin near the village of Diduduo 
between the JCnahassa and Gforontalo, 17. Dec. 1893, is entirely brown-black, with 
a gloss of green, and the feathers of the neck bordered with whitish. A small comb 
and two small wattles on the sides of the throat are present. The Drs. Sarasin 
are probably correct in surmising that it is a. bastard — i. e. between a native 
domestic fowl and G. ferrugincus. 
Skeleton. Length of cranium . . . 68.3 mm 
Greatest breadth of cranium 29.0 » 
Length of humerus 
Length of idna 
Length of radius . 
Length of manus . 
Length of femur 
Length of tibia .... 
Length of tarso-metatarsus . 
Length of sternum . . . 
Greatest breadth of sternum 
Height of crista sterni . . 
Length of pelvis .... 
Greatest breadth of 
119.2 mm 
78.0 » 
110.0 
47.5 * 
30.7 » 
106.1 » 
52.0 » 
on hind neck, more chestnut down middle 
Eggs. 
. 72.4 » 
. 74.0 » 
. 67.0 * 
. 65.8 
81.0 » 
Young in down. The cliicken is fulvous, browner ^ 
of back and on flanks, a buff stripe down each side of the back; only sev^en j)rimaries 
sprouted: bill, legs and feet yellowish white (2 specimens, Kema, 3. Aug. 1893: 
P. & F. Sarasin). 
Two found near Manado were longer than the eggs of the domestic fowls of Celebes 
(Meyer d 11). “The egg in my collection taken by Oates in Pegu measures 
41.5 X 30 mm. The colour is pale clay-yellow. The niunerous pores 
appearance of little wliite points. The shell is glossy” (Nehrkorn MS.). 
Hume 14. 
A hollow scraped in the ground, usually more or less lined with leaves, grasses, etc. (14). 
Distribution. India (Jerdon i, Hume 14, etc.); Biu-mah (Oates 8, etc.); Tenasserim 
(Davison 4, el, Bingham eJ); Cocliin China (David & Oust. 3, Pierre e 1]\ 
Siam (Oates S); Hainan (D. & 0. 3, Styan 77); Malay Peninsula (Maingay, Cantor 
el, etc.); Sumatra (Beccari d, KlaesifO, etc.); Java (Horsfield d 2, Vorderman 
d 14, d 15)-, Lombok (Doherty, Everett e 3); Philippine Islands (Tweeddale dl2, 
Steere dl8, B. & W. e 2), with Palawan (Whitehead d 16, dll. Platen d 73); 
Balabac (Steere d 76'); Sooloo (Guillem, d 73); Bongao (Everett d 19)', Siao 
(Meyer dX.P*’'), Celebes Minahassa (Meyer d 11, P. &F. Sarasin); Gorontalo Distr. 
(v. Eosenb. d 10, Meyer dll)', Posso /Meyer 3 77); Togian (Meyer 3 77); Kandari, 
have the 
Cf. also, 
Nest. 
S. E. Celebes (Beccari 2j 
Bulekomba (Everett e 3). 
Luwu Distr. 
(Weber 73); Macassar (Wallace 3 fl); 
Not much has been recorded about the Jungle Fowl in Celebes, where it 
must have been introduced by man. It is common at Kandari, where Beccari 
observed that it interbred with domestic fowls from which it may have sprung. 
In North Celebes Meyer found that the natives keep the Jungle Fowl in captivity, 
decoying it with trained domestic fowls. Curiously enough, the Jungle Fowl has 
not yet been recorded from Borneo. In a tame or feral condition it is found 
throughout Polynesia, where it has of course been introduced, and under 
