134 SPOLIA ZEYLANICA. 
Of fowls, I observed a remarkable diversity of breed. They 
may be classed as— 
(a) The Bantam type, with the medium length of saddle 
and conspicuous erect tail. 
(b) The wild type, with long saddle and large drooping tail. 
(c) The Cochin-China type, with feathered tarsi. 
In the first of these the crow of the cocks is quite distinct, 
it being what I call a shrill falsetto. In (b), what I call the 
wild type, the plumage of the males approximates that of our 
jungle fowl, both in its beauty of colouring and in the disposi- 
tion of the tail feathers. The hens, too, were more commonly 
brown than in the Bantam type, where white is the prevailing 
colour of this sex. In (c) the feathered leg is the outstanding 
characteristic. Here the size of bird is larger than in the 
first group, but shorter in the back than in what I call the 
wild type. In no case did I find birds with yellow combs, 
though the early presence of the comb in cock chickens is 
particularly noticeable. It would appear, therefore, that the 
domestic fowl has here developed characteristics that would 
imply crossing from three stocks, one of which is analogous to, 
if not identical with, the wild bird, On the other hand, the 
unmistakable crow of the wild bird is different from that of 
any of the village races. 
Of wild animals, the following is a brief list of observed 
mammatlia :— 
(1) The Gray Wanduroo.—Searce in the Maha Wedirata, 
plentiful towards the sea coast in the Panawa Pattu and in 
the valley of the Kumbukkan river. Probably this species 
was common all through the Vedda country, but as its flesh 
was eaten it became exterminated, except in uninhabited 
places. 
(2) The“ Red Monkey ’’ or Rilawa (Macacus pileatus),—Not 
common. I found a few in the valley of the Heda-oya and 
near Lahugala. 
(3) The Loris (Loris gracilis)—Very rare. I did not see a 
single example, but I was told by the people that it was 
known near the “‘ Westminster Abbey ” range of hills, and 
again near Monaragala. ; 
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