30 SAVAGE SURVIVALS 



The earliest elephants so far known lived in 

 Egypt in the Eocene age of geology. They had 

 no trunk, but a long, prehensile nose. Their tusks 

 were short, like bear's tusks. They were about 

 the size of ponies. 



13. Domesticated Birds. 



The scientific name for the common domesti- 

 cated fowl, or chicken, is Gallus domesticus. The 



"THE JUNGLE-FOWL" 



(Male) 



name means the ^domesticated fowl.*' The 

 chicken was first domesticated in the Indian re- 

 gion of Asia, where man first came to domesticat- 

 ing consciousness. Its ancestor is believed to be 

 the jungle-fotvl, still wild in the jungles of India. 



The jungle-fowl is dark-red in color, roosts in 

 low trees, and nests on the ground. The males 

 are great fighters, and sing to the sunrise as their 

 descendants do the world over today. The game- 

 cock, with its reddish color, slim, wiry body, and 

 fighting nature, resembles more closely the wild 

 ancestral form than any other domesticated va- 

 riety, that is, it is more nearly in the ** savage'' 

 state than other varieties. 



