PHOTOGRAVURE 38 







HYBRID JAVAN JUNGLEFOWL 
owl do not interbreed with the native poultry, but in captivity the two species will 
me of these hybrids are huge creatures, with enormous pendant combs, and beautiful 
nall and bantam-like with absurdly short legs. They are great favourites with the 
on triangle perches or in ingeniously woven quakes or cages. The dominant 
is the voice, which lacks cadence or definiteness, but consists of a scream which 
. mile. This is the stimulus to much betting, and owners of powerful-lunged birds 
on the vocal powers of the rivals. 

