1 76 THE BANKIVA COCK. 



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There is another bird, of which we have seen 1 

 or four specimens, very closely allied to this, hut cer- 

 tainly distinct. The specimens alluded to were all 

 from the continent of India. In size they were ra- 

 ther larger than what we consider the true G. ban- 

 kiva. The following is a description of one of 

 them : 



Comb large, dentated upon its frontal margin, an 

 oval lengthened wattle at the base of each lower man- 

 dible, the cheeks, throat, base, and fore part of the 

 neck terminating in a point bare of feathers. Crown 

 of the head surrounding the comb yellowish-brown, 

 changing into golden ochraceous-yellow, the colour 

 of the exterior margin of the hackles, and most pre- 

 dominating. These cover the whole back and sides 

 of the neck. Each hackle has a black centre, and 

 is rather abruptly as it were worn off at the tip. The 

 fore part of the neck is of a steel-blue surrounding 

 the naked skin, the feathers rounded and solid. Un- 

 der this the breast, belly, and lower part of the back 

 is covered with hackles of a clear reddish-yellow on 

 the outer margins, the centres of a chestnut-brown, 

 having the same form at the tip with those of the 

 neck, and becoming broader as they reach the lower 

 part of the body. On the shoulders the margins of 

 the small feathers are of a pale golden -yellow, the 

 centres chestnut-brown, edged on each side with 

 black. As they approach the long hanging secon- 

 daries the margins become darker, and the centres 

 only chestnut, nearly similar to those on the breast 



