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POULTRY. 



The WALLIKIKI 

 Fowls (Fig. 1336) are a 

 jjreed without tails or 

 rumps. It is a native of 

 the forests of Ceylon, 

 and its name means " the 

 cock of the forest." The 

 birds of this breed are 

 hardy and very produc- 

 tive. A traveler thus 

 describes these fowls as 

 he saw them in their 

 native jungles : " They 

 stood as upright as the 

 Penguin duck, in fact as 

 erect as a hawk, yet 

 were singularly live in 

 their motions, and 

 though strictly rump- 

 less, were as opposed 

 in their gait to all other 

 rumpless fowls as could 



Fig. 1339.- = Sebriflhi.Biiitams. 



