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Inhabits the island of Ceylon, among the im- 

 mense forests of that country : its nest is placed 

 upon the ground, and is coarsely made of slender 

 plants, and similar to that of the Partridge : the 

 bird is very wild : 'the cry of the cock is less 

 sonorous than in the domestic species. 



The domesticated kind of this is very common 

 in some parts, and varies exceedingly in its plum- 

 age, but all are destitute of the tail and rump : 

 in some the comb is dentated, and in a few double, 

 but it does not appear that any have that part 

 smooth. 



b. GULA pale&longiludinaliplicata; CAWifurcatd, pland. 

 b. Throat with a longitudinal folded wattle j the tail forked anil 

 horizontal. 



FORK-TAILED COCK, 



(Gallus furcatus.) 



GA. carunculd integrd, gul.l media barbatd, pennis colli bre- 

 vibus rotundatis, corpore supra viridi-aureo, subttis nigro, 

 tectricibus alarum aurantiis Juscisque. (Femina cristd bar- 

 bdque nullis ; oculi ambitu nudi.) 



Cock with an entire comb; the throat with a wattle in the 

 middle ; the feathers on the neck short and rounded ; the body 

 above green-gold, beneath black ; the wing-coverts orange 



