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rally to be seen in tlie gardens of tlie Zoological 

 Society. 



In this splendid species, the comb of the 

 male is large with its margin serrated ; the 

 wattles are rather ample, the hackles of the 

 neck, and lower part of the back, and the wing 

 coverts on the shoulders, have the shafts ex- 

 panded into a thin cartUaginons, or rather 

 horny plate, of a bright golden yellow, with 

 a rich metallic gloss. These plates vary in 

 shape, being in some feathers angular, in 

 others oval, or almost circular. The plumage 

 on the middle of the back, the breast, and 

 under parts generally is a deep grey, each 

 feather having a paler margin. The tail is of 

 deep rich glossy green, with varied metallic 

 reflections; biU and legs yellow. The females 

 which have come under our notice were smaller 

 than the males, — of a rich brown colour, 

 beautifully speckled and marbled with darker 

 pencillings : neither comb nor wattles were very- 

 apparent. In reference to Sonnerat's jungle 

 fowl, we find the following details in the pro- 

 ceedings of the Zoological Society, 1832, p. 151. 

 This bird, observes colonel Sykes, is the Rahn 

 Komrah of the Mahrattas. It is " very abun- 

 dant in the woods of the western Ghauts, where 



