. Bird notes . MANCHURIAN CROSSOPTILON. The Manchurian Kared-Pheasant, or Crossoptilon{^Crossoptilon rnancfuiriaini) an extraordinary lookingbird, with its wliite ear tufts sticking up on each sideof its face as if they had been brushed into position,and its tail looking as if the feathers had beencombed, is represented by three specimens, whichappear to be a male and two females. The femalesare only different to the males in that they have nospurs. It is a soberly clad bird, in a black and whitebrown plumage, and inhabits the mountains of Man-churia and the neighbouring province of Pe-chi-li.
. Bird notes . MANCHURIAN CROSSOPTILON. The Manchurian Kared-Pheasant, or Crossoptilon{^Crossoptilon rnancfuiriaini) an extraordinary lookingbird, with its wliite ear tufts sticking up on each sideof its face as if they had been brushed into position,and its tail looking as if the feathers had beencombed, is represented by three specimens, whichappear to be a male and two females. The femalesare only different to the males in that they have nospurs. It is a soberly clad bird, in a black and whitebrown plumage, and inhabits the mountains of Man-churia and the neighbouring province of Pe-chi-li. 66 Of Jungle Fowl, the Society have now pairs ofboth the Indian species, the Bankiva or Red JungleFowl {Gallus bankiva) and the Sonnerats or GreyJungle Fowl {G. so7inerati). The Red Jungle Fowl isbelieved to be the species from which all our domesticbreeds of poultry were derived, and it will be seen lobear a very close resemblance lo the well-known. BANKIVA OR RED JUNGLE FOWL. Black-red Game Fowls. The c;\rriage is slightlydififerent, however, as the male does not carry his tailso high as the domestic fowl does, but otherwise thereis but little difference beyond that the wild bird issmaller, being about midway in size between ordinaryfowls and the Bantam breeds. It lias a wide range,being found in Central and North-Easlern India,Siam, the Malay Peninsula, Java, Celebes, and thePhillipines, as well as other islands. Wherever it ismet with it is a jungle bird. 67 Tlie Sonnerats or Grey Jungle Fowl, the male ofwhich has the very curious hackles, so dear to theheart of the salmon fisher, is a much less brightlycoloured bird than the Bankiva Jungle Fowl, and isless conspicuous in consequence. The hackles havepatches of liorn-like substance on them, which, beingbrown or white on a black ground, give the neck aspotted appearance. The habitat of this species isWestern, Central, and Southern India.
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