•368 GALLIN.E. 



the covers^ running witli great rapidity. Their note 

 is a subdued melancholy chuck. Their food consists 

 of seeds, wild berries, roots, insects, &c. 



A beautiful species, — 



The Javan Fowl {Gallus Banklva), is generally believed 

 to be the original stock of our domestic poultiy. It closely 

 resembles in plumage some of the dunghill cocks of this 

 country, although it is considerably less in size. This bird 

 appears to have been domesticated m the Ea,st at a very 

 early period, and must have been introduced into Europe 

 in very ancient times. It was well known to the Greeks 

 and Romans, who, like our own people at a very recent 

 period, and many eastern nations at the present day, de- 

 lighted in the cruel spectacle of a cock-fight. During the 

 day they generally frequent tlie outskirts of forests and 

 thick jungles, but on the least alarm conceal themselves 

 in the thickest coverts. Their food consists of seeds, 

 fruits, and the larva? of insects ; the females construct a 

 rude nest on the ground composed of grass. 



The type of this sul)-family is — 



Horsefield's Jungle-Fowl {Eujylocomus Horsefieldii). 



