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what the Cochin type but less clumsy, and with 

 very little feathering on the legs ; many imported 

 birds, in fact, having none. This is an excellent 

 general utility fowl, and personally I should never 

 trouble to send home for stock while such birds can 

 be had in the country. 



The Ceylon Jungle-Fowl. 



Gallus lafayettii. Faun. Brit. India, Birds 

 Vol. IV. 



Native names : — Weli kukula (the male), 

 Well kikili (the female), Cingalese ; kola 

 koli, Tamils of Ceylon. 



The cock of this species bears a strong general 

 resemblance to the red jungle-cock, but is orange- 

 red below as well as above, the breast feathers 

 being glossy and pointed — very like hackles in 

 fact. The secondary quills . of the wing are also 

 purple-black instead of chestnut. 



The throat and most of the rump-feathers, which 

 are not so long and hackled as in the continental 

 bird, are glossy violet, and the tail has a purple 

 rather than a green gloss. 



The comb also in this species has a yellow patch 

 in the middle ; the face and wattles are darker 

 and the legs are yellow instead of slate-colour. 



The ben is quite as different in her way from the 

 red jungle-fowl hen ; she is of much the same par- 

 tridge-brown hue above, but has no distinct hackle 

 on the neck ; her wings are boldly barred with 

 black, and her under-parts not cinnamon but 



