216 FORK-TAILEt) COCK. 



and brown. (Female without comb or wattle j the region of 



the eyes naked.) 



Callus furcatus. Temm, Gall. /</. 662. 

 Coq et Poule ayumalas. Tcmm. Pig. ct Gull. 2. 26l. 



THIS is distinguished from the rest of the Cocks 

 by several peculiarities : its tail is horizontal and 

 forked : its crest is entire : it does not possess the 

 wattles on each side of the base of the under man- 

 dible, but instead, it has arising from that part and 

 descending to the lower part of the neck a single 

 membranaceous appendage, which is folded, and 

 somewhat similar to that of the Turkey : neither 

 are the feathers of the neck and top of the back 

 elongated, but rounded, and have the appearance 

 of velvety scales : the total length of the male is 

 about two feet : tjie sides of the head, the throat, 

 the lower part of the neck, the loose membrane of 

 that part, and the comb, are of a fine red- violet : 

 the occiput, the sides and hinder part of the neck, 

 and top of the back, have the feathers of an oval 

 form ; they are bright brown at their base, at 

 their centre blue, with violet reflections ; between 

 that and their tips green, with golden hues, and 

 the very extremities are tipped with a velvety 

 black crescent : the feathers on the lower part of 

 the back and the rump are long and narrow, with 

 their middle portions black, glossed with gold ; 

 and their edges, which are disunited, are of a 

 yellow-ochre tinge : the feathers of the lesser and 

 middle wing-coverts are similar in shape to those 

 on the top of the back ; they are black with red 

 margins: the quills are dusky brown, and the 



