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which has that part nearly naked : the whole of 

 the plumage of the under parts pf the body re- 

 sembles that of the male, except that the colours 

 are less brilliant : the feathers of the neck are but 

 slightly elongated, and do not possess the singular 

 cartilaginous substance with which those of the 

 male are ornamented, neither have the wing- 

 coverts that appendage : the whole of the upper 

 part of the body is grey, more or less dusky, with 

 the shaft of each feather white : the space round 

 the eyes is naked and reddish. 



Inhabits Jarge forests in India, where it occurs 

 in great profusion. 



DOMESTIC COCK. 



(Callus domesticus.) 



GA. caruncnla deaticulata ; ore subtus barbnto ; pennis coll* 

 linearibus elongatis ; corpore pulchris coloribus variegato; 

 cauda compressd adscendente. (Femina,crafd barb&queminores 

 quam maris.) 



Cock with a toothed comb ; the throat wattled ; the feathers 

 on the neck linear and elongated ; the body variegated with 

 beautiful colours ; the tail compressed and ascending. (Fe- 

 male with the comb and wattle less than in the male.) 



Callus domesticus et Gallina. Briss. Orn. 1. 166. Rail. Sy/i. 

 p. 51. A. 



Gallus Bnnkiva domesticus. Temm. Gall. Ind. 654. 



Phasionus Gallus domesticus. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 626. 1. #. 

 Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 737. 1. ft. 



