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JUNGLE COCK. 



the comb, the cheeks, the throat, and the wattles, 

 are of a red hue, varying in colour : the feet are 

 grey, armed with strong spurs: the irides are 

 yellow. The female is much smaller than the 

 male ; the comb and the wattles are much shorter ; 

 the space round the eyes and the throat are 

 naked ; the latter slightly covered with distant 

 feathers : the breast, the belly, and the abdomen 

 are of a yellowish colour, each feather varied with 

 a clear ray down the shaft : the feathers of the 

 lower part of the neck are elongated, and have 

 disunited webs ; they are black in the middle, and 

 yellow-ochre on their edges : the shoulders, the 

 wings, the feathers of the rump and tail are of an 

 earthy grey, varied with zigzag black marks ; the 

 greater quills are grey.'^ 



Laischenan discovered this bird in the interior 

 parts of Java, where the inhabitants call it Ayatn 

 Bankiva : it inhabits the great forests and borders 

 of woods : it is very wild. 



JUNGLE COCK, 



(Gallus Sonneratii.) 



Ga. carunculd denticulata; ore suhtus barhatoj pennis colli 

 linearibuSy elongatis, albo atro Julvoque maculatis, apice mem- 

 branaceis ; guld, juguloy pectore, abdominej dorsoque griseis 

 ulbo lineatisy tectricibus alarum riifccastaneis, apicibus dih' 



