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Birds. 



BANKIVA COCK. JAGO COCK AND HEN. 

 SPANISH COCK AND HEN. 



FROM the Bankiva fowl nearly all the various kinds of 

 fowls found in British poultry-yards are said to have 

 sprung. It is a native of the island of Java, and is cha- 

 racterised by a red indented comb, red wattles, and ash- 

 grey legs and feet. The cock has a thin indented or 

 scalloped comb, and wattles under the mouth. The 

 feathers of the neck are long, falling down, and rounded 

 at the tips, and are of the finest gold colour. The head 

 and neck are fawn-coloured, the wing-coverts dusky 

 brownish and black ; the tail and belly black. The hen 

 is of a dusky ash-grey and yellowish colour, and has a, 

 much smaller comb and beard than the cock. 



