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ed, more or less arched, ascending. In 

 the female, the comb and wattles less de- 

 veloped, and the tail wants the long pend- 

 ant feathers. 



The original stock or species from which 

 our common cock is derived is unknown. 

 It is now, however, generally supposed to 

 have sprung from a species ( Gallus Bankiva) 

 still abundant in a wild state in the jungles 

 of Sumatra and Java. Cuvier supposes 

 this to resemble most our domesticated fowl, 

 although Temminck thinks that the varieties 

 8, 9, 10, and 11, mentioned below, origina- 

 ted from other species as yet undiscovered 

 in their native state ; as they all, however, 

 breed freely together and produce prolific 

 offspring, this may well be doubted. Hith- 

 erto all the known species are natives 

 of Asia, and it is very doubtful whether 

 America contains any species from which 

 our common cock can have been derived. 

 There are, however, a few authors whose 

 travels would seem to imply the contrary, 

 but their testimony scarcely amounts to any 



