VARIETIES OF DOMESTIC FOWL. 63 





THE WILD INDIAN GAME. 



The best, if not the only specimen of this remarkable fowl, 

 in the country, is in my possession. The above plate is an exact 

 portrait, taken from life, of a hen of this breed, imported from 

 Calcutta, by Mr. Robert Estes, a great game-breeder, of East 

 Abington. If it were not too sounding a title, this fowl might 

 be denominated, the Great Indian War Hen. Her mate, the 

 cockerel, died on the passage over. 



This is the pure Indian game fowl, and is one of the most 

 singular of the race. A gentleman who has been in Calcutta 

 recognized this hen at once as the " Calcutta Game fowl," or 

 " Wild Indian fowl." She has a long neck, like a wild goose ; 

 has neither comb nor wattles ; is of a dark, glossy green color ; 

 has a very short fan tail ; is lofty in her carriage, trim built, 

 and wild in her general appearance, and has very large and 

 long yellow legs, spotted with blue. She weighs five pounds 



