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specimens wbicli we have seen, some of very 

 large size, had little in our eyes, stature ex- 

 cepted, to recommend them ; — their contour 

 seemed to be destitute of compactness, there 

 was no energy in their movements ; — the proud 

 strut, the spirited action, the elegant sym- 

 metry, the animated aspect, so conspicuous h\ 

 the high-bred game race of our country, or 

 some of the bold but diminutive bantam, 

 breeds, -was wanting. 



2ndly. The Javanese jungle-fowl, (Gallus 

 Ban/dva.) This species, the Ayam-utan of 

 the Malays, is a native of Java ; but either a 

 variety or a distinct species of larger size, yet 

 very similar in colouring, is found iu conti- 

 nental India. The Javanese or Bankiva jun- 

 gle-fowl, is about the size of an ordinary 

 bantam, and in plumage resembles the black- 

 breasted red game-bird of our country, with a 

 steel-blue mark across the wings. The comb 

 is high, its edge is deeply serrated, and the 

 wattles are rather large. The hackle feathers 

 of the neck and rump are long and of a glossy 

 golden orange ; the shoulders are chestnut red, 

 the greater wing-coverts deep steel-blue, the 

 quill-feathers brownish black, edged witli pale 

 reddish yellow, or sandy red. The tail is of a 



