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The common jungle-cock of India (Gallus bankiva) was found here, and furnished us with some excellent meals; but we could get no deer.
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There are breeds (viz. Hamburgh) in which both sexes differ much from each other and from both sexes of _G. bankiva_; and both sexes are kept constant by selection.
Alfred Russel Wallace: Letters and Reminiscences, Vol. 1 James Marchant
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Again, can you give me reason for believing that the merest differences between female pheasants, the female _Gallus bankiva_, the female of black grouse, the pea-hen, female partridge, have all special reference to protection under slightly different conditions?
Alfred Russel Wallace: Letters and Reminiscences, Vol. 1 James Marchant
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I know that _Gallus bankiva_ frequents drier and more open situations than _Pavo muticus_, which in Java is found among grassy and leafy vegetation corresponding with the colours of the two females.
Alfred Russel Wallace: Letters and Reminiscences, Vol. 1 James Marchant
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I know that the _Gallus bankiva_ frequents drier and more open situations than the pea-hen of Java, which is found among grassy and leafy vegetation corresponding with the colours of the two.
Alfred Russel Wallace: Letters and Reminiscences, Vol. 1 James Marchant
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There are breeds (viz. Hamburgh) in which both sexes differ much from each other and from both sexes of G. bankiva; and both sexes are kept constant by selection.
Alfred Russel Wallace Letters and Reminiscences Marchant, James 1916
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Again, can you give me reason for believing that the merest differences between female pheasants, the female Gallus bankiva, the female of black grouse, the pea-hen, female partridge, have all special reference to protection under slightly different conditions?
Alfred Russel Wallace Letters and Reminiscences Marchant, James 1916
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I know that the Gallus bankiva frequents drier and more open situations than the pea-hen of Java, which is found among grassy and leafy vegetation corresponding with the colours of the two.
Alfred Russel Wallace Letters and Reminiscences Marchant, James 1916
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I know that Gallus bankiva frequents drier and more open situations than Pavo muticus, which in Java is found among grassy and leafy vegetation corresponding with the colours of the two females.
Alfred Russel Wallace Letters and Reminiscences Marchant, James 1916
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Having kept nearly all the English breeds of the fowl alive, having bred and crossed them, and examined their skeletons, it appears to me almost certain that all are the descendants of the wild Indian fowl, Gallus bankiva; and this is the conclusion of Mr. Blyth, and of others who have studied this bird in India.
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