212 SILK COCK. 



THIS bird is remarkable for having the comb 

 and wattles of a violet-black : the skin and perios- 

 teum are also of that colour : its flesh is white, 

 and is most excellent food : the comb on the male 

 is dentated, and, with the wattles, resembles that 

 part in the domestic species : the plumage in a 

 wild state is black, with bronzed reflections ; when 

 domesticated it varies considerably in colour, as in 

 other poultry : the beak is deep blue, and the feet 

 are dusky blue. 



Domesticated in various parts of India in great 

 abundance : it is of a restless disposition. 



SILK COCK. 



(Gallus lanatus.) 



GA. cristd et palearibus r*bro-c<eruleis, corpore albo> pennis 



sericeis. 

 Cock with the crest and wattles of a red-blue j the body white j 



the feathers like hair. 

 Gallus lanatus. Tcmm. Gall. Ind. 66O. 

 Gallus Japonicus. Briss. Orn. 1. 175. 6. pi. \T.f* 2. female. 

 Phasianus Gallus Lanatus. Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 271. Gmel. 



Syst. Nat. 1. 739. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 628. I. 

 Le Coq et la Poule a duvet. Buff. Ois. 2. 121. Buff. PI. Enl. 



18.Temm. Pig. et Gall: 2. 25(5. 

 Silk Cock. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 7O8. 1. 



ANOTHER singular species of this genus comes 

 next : this is distinguished from all others in having 



