DOMESTIC POULTRY. 375 
It is a native of Java, and the male very closely resembles the gamecock 
of England. It is a splendid creature, with its light scarlet comb and 
wattles, its drooping 
hackles, its long arched 
tail, and its flashing 
eye. The comb and 
wattles are of bright- 
est scarlet, the long 
hackles of the neck and 
lower part of the back 
are fine orange-red, the 
upper part of the back 
is deep blue-black, and 
the shoulders are ruddy 
chestnut. The second- 
aries and greater coverts 
are deep steely blue, 
and the quill feathers 
of the wing are black- 
ish brown edged with 
rusty yellow. The long, 
arched and drooping 
tailis blue-black glossed 
with green, and the 
breast and under parts PHEASANT. —(Phasianus Colchicus.) 
black, so that in general 
aspect it is very like the black-breasted red gamecock. 
The domesticated bird is of all the feathered tribe the most directl y useful 
to man, and is the subject of so many valuable treatises that the reader is 
referred to them for the 
best mode of breeding, 
rearing, and general 
management of poultry. 
On the accompanying 
illustration are shown 
some of the most useful 
or remarkable of the 
varieties of this bird. : 
THE now well-known ' 
TURKEY is another 
example of the success 
with which foreign birds 
can be acclimatized in 
this country, 
The Turkey is spread 
over many parts of 
America, such as the 
wooded parts of Ark- 
ansas, Louisiana, Ala- 
bama, Indiana, &c., but 
does not seem to ex- = 
tend beyond the Rocky DOMESTIC FOWL.—(Gallus Bankiva.) 
Mountains. It begins 
to mate about the middle of February, and the males then utter those 
ludicrous gobbling sounds which have caused the bird to be called Gobbler, 
er Bubbly-Jock by the whites, and Qo-coo-coo by the Cherokees, 
