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A. CAPUT (ui marit) carunculd comprestd, sapitu dentat&, ar- 



matum. 

 A. Head, in the male, armed with a compressed, generally dent- 



ated comb. 



a. MANDIBULA INFERIORE rostri, ceromatit geminis compressist 



cauda ascendent, out subharizontali; ant nuttd. 

 a. The under mandible of the beak with compressed geminated 



wattles : tail ascending, or subhorizontal, or entirely wanting. 



GIGANTIC COCK. 



(Gallus giganteus.) 



GA. Gallo vulgari duplo major; carunculd etpalearibus rubrit. 

 Cock, twice as large as the common one, with a red caruncle 



and wattles. . 



Gallus giganteus. Temm. Gall. Ind. 633. 

 Coq Jago. Temm. Pig. et Gail. 2. 84. pi. 2. / 1. foot. 

 Var. |3.- carunculd denticulatd, corpore pulchris coloribui va- 



riegato. 

 The caruncle denticulated j the body variegated with beautiful 



colours. 



Gallus giganteus, var. a. Temm. Gall. Ind. 653. 

 Gallus Patavinus. Briss. Om. 1. 170. Will. 110. 

 Phasianus Gallus. X. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 628. 1. 

 Le Coq de Caux, ou de Padoue et les Poules de Sauserarre. 



Buff. Ois. 2. 125. Temm. Pig. et Gall. 2. 86. 

 Paduan Cock. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 707. 1. 



THIS species occurs in a wild state in the forests 

 of Sumatra, and the western parts of Java ; but as 

 yet specimens have not made their way to Europe ; 

 the only account of them resting upon the autho- 



