218 CLASS AVES. 



The races of the Turkish and Bantam cocks are distin- 

 guished by a very brilliant plumage, which in the cocks 

 is most generally of a golden lustre. 



The Dwarf Cock, though much inferior in size to the other 

 race, is very similar to the common cocks and hens. The 

 legs are in general very short ; and the general size varies in 

 different individuals ; some are as large as the crow, others 

 do not exceed the pigeon in bulk. The majority have the 

 toes feathered ; some sub-races have the comb double, others 

 single ; some carry the wings so low, that they trail along 

 the ground. The colours of the plumage vary. 



There is a multitude more of the races of our domestic 

 cock, whose variations from that species, and from the 

 varieties now described, do not appear of sufficient importance 

 to demand a distinct enumeration. We pass on to the 

 different species, or what are considered as such. 



We begin with the Jago Cock (Gallus Gigmitetis). This 

 bird lives in a wild state, in the forests of the southern part 

 of the Island of Sumatra ; it is also found in the western 

 portions of the Island of Java. Dampier and Marsden have 

 noticed it. The last, who speaks of it very succinctly, says, 

 that he saw a cock of this species, which, standing on the 

 floor of an apartment, reached easily to the dinner-table with 

 his bill ; when this bird was fatigued, he rested himself on 

 the first articulation of the leg, and, even then, was taller than 

 our domestic cock. A leg of this bird, in possession of 

 M. Temminck, was of an enormous size, and had a spur two 

 inches long. 



The Paduan cocks, and the hens of Sansevarre, (Gallus 

 Patavinus), seem to approach the nearest to this Jago species, 

 and may be considered as varieties or descendants of it. 

 This race is almost double the size of our domestic cocks and 

 hens ; their voice is strong and hoarse ; and the weight is 

 eight or ten pounds. To this race may also be referred the 



