JO OUn 1>0MESTIC FOWLS. 



catcd in the Diikbun (Deccau.) " Gallus yi- 

 yanteus, Terara. ; Gall. Ind. G33 : known by 

 the name of the Kulm Cock by Europeans in 

 India. Met with only as a domestic bird; 

 and colonel Sykes has reason to believe that 

 it is not a native of India, but has been intro- 

 duced by the Mussulmans from Sumatra or 

 Java. The iris of the real game-bird should 

 be whitish or straw yellow. Colonel Sykes 

 landed two cocks and a hen in England, in 

 June, 1831. They bore the winter well ; the 

 hen laid freely, and has reared two broods of 

 chickens. The cock has not the shrill clear 

 pipe of the domestic bird, and his scale of 

 notes appears more limited. A cock in the 

 possession of colonel Sykes, stood twenty-six 

 inches high to the crown of the head ; but 

 they attain a greater height. Length from 

 the tip of the bill to the insertion of the tail, 

 twenty-three inches. Hen, one-third smaller 

 than the male. Shaw very justly describes 

 the habit of the cock, of resting when tired 

 on the first joint of the leg." 



Within the last few years, other examples 

 of this giant race have been brought to Eng- 

 land, and we believe that the breed is kept up 

 in the royal aviary at ^Y^ndsor. The various 



