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crows like the domestic rooster; the hen cackles like the domestic hen, both 
when alarmed and after laying. Length, 28 inches ; wing, 9 inches ; tail, 14 
inches. Female, length, 17 inches; wing, 7J inches ; tail, 6 inches. Legs, 
bluish ; comb and neck skin, red ; irides, red ; bill, black. Weight, 2 lbs. 
THE GREY JUNGLE FOWL. 
Gallus Sonnerati. Native names : Jungli Murgee , Ban Murgee , Hind. ; 
Komri , Mt. Abu ; Purda Komri, Chanda ; Kumbadi , Deccan ; Adavikode , Tel. ; 
Katukoli , Tamil; Koli, Can. 
Habitat. —Southern India. 
Description. —Male—hackles, black, each feather with a yellow spot at the 
tip like sealing-wax ; back and rump, black. Tail coverts, purple ; tail, black. 
Lower plumage, black; sides of the body marked chestnut; wing quills, brown. 
Female—lower plumage, white; head, brown ; mantle, dark brown; upper 
plumage, light, brown, speckled with black. Tail, black, mottled with rufous. 
Its habits are the same as those of the red jungle fowl, and it breeds twice a 
year. Length of male, 28 inches; wing, 9 inches; tail, 15 inches. Female— 
