188 SONNERAT'S WILD COCK. 



whole with very brilliant metallic reflections. The 

 bill, legs, and feet, are yellow. 



The hen is about a third less than the cock, with- 

 out comb or wattles. The plumage has no trace of 

 the horny structure adorning the other sex. The up- 

 per parts of it are of a uniform brown : the feathers on 

 the neck edged with a dark margin, upon the back 

 and wing-coverts with a pale streak along the shaft, 

 and on the wings, tail coverts and tail, waved and 

 mottled with darker markings. The throat and fore 

 part of the neck is white, and on the rest of the 

 lower parts each feather is of a greyish-white, edged 

 with dark brown ; towards the vent the brown pre- 

 dominates. The legs and feet are bluish-grey. 



Dr Latham observes that this species is by far the 

 boldest and strongest in proportion to its size, and 

 in Indostan is anxiously sought after by the cock- 

 fighters, seldom failing to secure the victory over 

 the larger game cocks. 



We shall now proceed to the Pheasants, forming 

 the 



