THE DOMESTIC FOWL 



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in the Gallus. These are a heavy, meaty body, heavy, yellow 

 shanks (feathered), and a pea comb. In disposition this bird 

 is quiet and docile, a characteristic also of the Brahma and 

 other Asiatic breeds of to-day (Fig. 32). It is doubtless 



FIG. 31. A pair of jungle fowls, supposed to be one of the ancestors of our 

 common breeds of to-day. They resemble in many ways the egg breeds. (Photo 

 by Station of Experimental Evolution, Cold Spring Harbor, L. I.) 



FIG. 32. A pair of Malay or Aseel fowls which has given to our meat breeds 

 of to-day their size and great weight. (Photos by Station of Experimental Evolu- 

 tion, Cold Spring Harbor, L. I.) 



