JUNGLE-CAT, or CHAUS, the common wildcat of India (Fells chaus). It is 26 inches long in head and body, has a short tail, reach ing only to the heel, and is yellowish gray, more or less dark and unspotted, tinged with reddish on the sides, marked by a dark stripe from the eyes to the muzzle, and with reddish black ears slightly tufted. Another Indian "jungle-cat" is the handsome F. ornata, which is profusely spotted; it dwells in the desert regions of the Northwestern provinces. Both these cats are said to interbreed with domestic cats, and thus no doubt long ago influenced the varieties of the tamed stock.
a severe variety of re mittent fever, prevalent in the East Indies and other tropical regions. It is characterized by the recurrence of paroxysms and of cold and hot stages. The remissions occur usually in the morning and last from 8 to 12 hours, the fever being mostly typically developed at night.
the English book-name of a genus of pheasants, the source of domestic fowls, characterized by a fleshy frontal comb and wattles and the peculiarly laterally com pressed tail with its long, drooping, curved feathers. This genus (Gallus) is represented by several species in southern Asia, especially India and the Malay and Philippine Islands.
The common jungle-fowl (Callus gallus or bau kiva) is especially noteworthy as the original stock of our barnyard fowls. The wild birds, which are quite common in cultivated parts of central India and about the bases of the Hima layas up to an elevation of 5,000 feet, closely re semble some of the varieties of game cocks and hens. The sexes differ as in the domestic birds in size, character of tail feathers, combs, wattles, spurs and color. Although naturally living in flocks in the jungles and forests, these haunts are often forsaken for the purpose of feeding upon grain in the cultivated fields. They run with great speed, are tolerably good flyers and roost in trees. The cock crows and the hen clucks and cackles much as domestic fowls do. In the wild state the jungle-fowl is said to be monogamous ; eggs to the number of 10 or 12 are laid in a simple depression in the ground lined with leaves and grass. Consult Darwin, mals and Plants under Domestication' ; Teget meier, 'Ibis) (1891) ; and Blanford, of British India.' In Australia this name is often given to the mound-birds.