214 RUMPLESS COCK. 



Gallus ecaudatus, var. a. Temm. Gall. Ind. 663. 



Gallus Persicus. Briss. Orn. 1. 174,5. 



Phasianus Gallus ecaudatus. Linn. Syst. Nat. 1. 2? I. y. 



Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 738. Raii. Syn. 51. a. l. 3. LaM. 7m/. 



Orn. 2.627. 1. 

 Le Coq sans croupion. Buff. Ois. 2. 122. Temm. Pig. et Gall. 



2. 171. 



Persian Fowl, or Rumpkin. Will. Orn. 156. 6. pi. 26. 

 Rumpless, or Persian Cock. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 705. 1. 



THIS most singular species is distinguished by 

 not having even the rudiments of a tail or rump : 

 its head is adorned with an entire comb : the 

 cheeks, from behind the ears to the throat, are 

 naked : from the base of the lower mandible 

 depend two red fleshy wattles, as in the common 

 Cock : the feathers on the nape are long and nar- 

 row ; their webs are disunited and silky ; they are 

 marked with a longitudinal black spot, and are 

 bordered with yellow orange : immediately below 

 the naked part of the neck the feathers are violet, 

 with purple reflections : the rest of the under part 

 of the neck, the breast, ancl the belly, are of a fine 

 orange, the centre of each feather having a deep 

 brown longitudinal spot : the back, the middle 

 and lesser wing-coverts are reddish orange : the 

 great feathers placed above the rump are curved, 

 and serve as a covering to that part ; they are of 

 a fine violet, with bronzed reflections, as are also 

 the secondary quills : the primaries are dull brown : 

 the tarsi are armed with strong and acute spurs, 

 which, as well as the feet and the beak, are grey- 

 brown : the female is unknown in a wild state, 



