SONNERAT'S JUNGLE rOWL.— Callus Sonumdii. 



coloiiied with cliangiiig linus uf purple, gvceii, and gold. The, feiimlu is a siiiallei' and 

 very soLer-lookiug liird, witliuut coiub or wattles, and devoid oi' the curious homy liackles 

 that decorate her mate. 



The Bankiva Jungle Fowl is now supposed to he the original stock of the 

 domesticated poultry. 



It is a native of Java, and the male very closely resembles the game-cock of England. 

 It is a splendid creature, witli its light scarlet condj and wattles, its drooping hackles, it.s 

 long arched tail, and its Hashing eye. The con)b and wattles are of the brightest scarlet, 

 the long hackles of the neck and lower part of the back are fine orange-red, the upper 

 part of the back is deep blue-black, and the shoulders are ruddy chestnut. The secondaries 

 and greater coverts are deep steely blue, and the cjuill-feathers of the wing are blackish 

 brown edged with nisty yellow. The long, arched and drooping tail is blue-black glossed 

 with green, and the breast and under parts black, so that in general aspect it is very like 

 the black-lireasted red game-cock. 



The domesticated biixl is of all the feathered trilie the most directly useful to man, 

 and is the subject of so many valuable treatises that the reader is referred to them for the 

 best mode of breeding, rearing, and general managtanent of poultiy. On the accompanying 

 illustiation are .shown .sonic of the mo,st useful or remarkable of the varieties of this bird. 



Towards the top, and on tlie left hand, may be seen some exaiu]iles of the famous 

 Cochin Fowl, whose enormous size and ungainly appearance took England so completely 

 by storm sonic few years ago. Nothing was talked of but Cochin China Fowls, and the 



