20 CLASS AVES. 



the male, the stems of which are enlarged toward 

 the base into three successive disks of horny matter. 

 The comb of the male is indented. It is found in 

 the Gauts mountains of Hindostan. 



The cock is grey, varied with red and white ; the 

 chest, reddish ; the neck and wing-coverts, fulvous ; 

 and the tail, shining-green. The hen is smaller, 

 without any comb or wattles, the head feathered, and 

 the body duller, varied with brown and red. 



SeeSonn. Voy. Ind. ij. t. 94, and 95. Ency. Meth. 

 t. 86, f. 5. Temminck has figured one of its feathers. 

 Gall. ij. t. 3. f. 1, 2. 



M. Leschenaud has brought two others from 

 Java. The one, 



Javan Cock. Lath. Gall. Bankiva. Tern. 



Which has an indented crest like the preceding, and 

 has on the neck nothing but long falling feathers, of 

 the finest golden red. This appears to me the most 

 to resemble our domestic cock.* 



* The male has a fulvous back and head; the wing-coverts, brown-black ; 

 and the belly and tail black. The hen, yellowish and ashy-brown. Tem- 

 minck refers to this species the following varieties : 



The Domestic Cock, Latham, and its varieties, Anat. Temm. Gal. ij. 2. 

 f. 2 to 3. and t. 3. f. 3, 4. See it with compressed comb. 



The Crested Cock, Lath, with tuft of feathers; see PI. Enl. 49. 



The Bantam Cock, always of a small size, and often feathered to the 

 claws. 



The Dwarf Cock, or GaUus Pumilio, Brisson, with very short feet, and 

 about the size of a pigeon. 



And the Dorkin Cock, or Gallm Pentadactylus, with five or six toes. See 

 Frisch, t. 127, 128. 



