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raoes, the progeny being fertile, as has been fully 

 proved. Suoh birds are common in the gardens of the 

 London Zoological Sooiety, and so closely do the 

 offspring of the Bankiva jungle cock and a brown domes- 

 tic Bantam hen resemble the wild, or original breed, 

 that on more than one occasion have the best of judges 

 been in doubt ; nor is this to be wondered at — as on 

 both sides was the lineage the same. 



SONNERAT'S JUNGLE FOWL. 



Synonymes. — Gallus sonneratii, of Temminck ; Rahn Komrtih, of the 

 Mahrattas ; Coq $auvage, of SonnerQt ; Jungle Cock, of the British 

 Sportsmen in India ; SonneraVs Jungle Fowl, Stanleys Jungle Fowl, of 

 the English and Anglo-Americans. 



The size of the male of this species is intermediate 

 between that of the Bantam and game cock ; but 

 the general contour is peculiarly light and graceful, 

 and vigor and alertness are displayed in every action. 

 The comb is large, with a sub-serrated ridge, that is, 

 the ridge is but slightly dentated, in comparison with 

 the comb of the Bankiva. The wattles are large and 

 double. The hackles of the neck, the wing coverts on 

 the shoulders, and the tail coverts are dark-greyish, 

 with bright golden orange shafts, dilating in the centre 



