JUNGLE COCK. 



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tatisy cartilagineis Juhis ; remigibus, rectricibusque atro-nigris. 

 (Femina minor, absque carunculd et palearibus ; cnpiieplumato ; 

 corpore obscuriore,Jusco rufoque vario.) 

 Cock with a toothed comb ; the mouth wattled beneath ; the 

 feathers of the neck elongated, spotted with white, black, 

 and fulvous j their tips membranaceous ; the throat, jugulum, 

 breast, abdomen, and back, grey striped with white ; the 

 wing-coverts reddish chesnut, the tips of the feathers di- 

 lated, cartilaginous, and fulvous ; the quills and tail-feathers 

 deep black. Female less, without the comb or wattles 3 the 

 head feathered ; the body more obscure, varied with brown 

 and red. 



Gallus Sonneratii. Temm, Gall. Ind. 659. 

 Gallus Indicus. Leach, Zool. Misc. ii. 6. 



Phasianus Gallus. GnieL Syst. Nat. 1. 737- — Lath. Ind. Orn. 



2. 615. \ 

 Le Coq sauvage. Sonner. Voy. Ind. 2. 153. pi. 94. male j p, 



lQO.pl. 95. female. 

 Coq et Poule Sonnerat. Temm. Pig. et Gall. 2. 246. pi. 3. 

 /. 1.2. 



Wild Cock. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 698. 1. 



Indian Pheasant. Leach, Zool. Misc. 2. 6. pi. 61. 



This magnificent bird is a na:tive of India, and 

 has been thought to be the origin of our domestic 

 poultry ; but as there are no facts that support the 

 conjecture, it must be considered a distinct species, 

 differing materially from the cultivated one. It 

 was first described as distinct by Temminck in his 

 valuable work on the Gallinacea, and since by Dr. 

 Leach in the second volume of the Zoological 

 Miscellany. 



It has a dentated comb on the head, and the 

 sides of the lower mandible of the beak are adorned 

 with wattles resembling those of G. domesticus; 

 the naked space round the eyes and on the throat 



