IIIK IM)0-M\I.A^ \N .11 N(;i.i: KOWI. 



Mali- above, female below, Note the slender form, the high, single coml), the long beak, the erect 

 tail, the long wings and the nervous attitude, in comparison with the corresponding char- 

 acteristicts of the Aseel. Between them, these two breeds supply all the characters shown in 

 the many modern breeds of poultry, in Dr. Davenport's opinion; but the jungle Fowl alone, 

 which was formerly considered to be the ancestor of all modern breeds, is not able to account 

 for them all. (Fig. 9.) 



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