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JUNGLE COCK. 



is larger than in that bird : the feathers on the top 

 of the head and those of the neck are elongated, 

 a-nd are very remarkable, differing from those of 

 any other of the genus : the quill is thick and 

 flattened, forming a white ray the whole length of 

 the feather, and ending in a dilated cartilaginous 

 substance, similar to that on the wings of the 

 Columba Franciae or the Bombycilla Garrulae and 

 Carolinensis, which is rounded in shape, and thin 

 and highly polished : the feathers of the back and 

 those of the tail-coverts are long and narrow ; 

 they are of a dusky brown, varied with brighter 

 spots ; the whole of them have a white stripe 

 down their shafts : the breast, the belly, the sides, 

 the thighs, and the abdomen are dusky, tinged 

 with green : the greater quills are dull black ; the 

 middle and secondaries are black, varied with 

 green reflections : the lesser and middle wing- 

 coverts have the shafts of their feathers flattened, 

 and their tips ornamented with a thick cartilaginous 

 lamen, possessing the same appearance as that on 

 the feathers of the neck, but are of a deep red 

 colour : the tail-coverts are of a deep violet ; they 

 are elongated and arched over the two vertical 

 planes of the tail, which is composed of fourteen 

 feathers, of a black hue, with green reflections : 

 the feet are grey : the irides yellow : the beak 

 horn-coloured : the fleshy appendices of the head 

 are of a red colour, more or less deep. The female 

 is less than the male, and has scarcely any comb 

 or wattles : the throat is covered with feathers, 

 which is not the case with the common hen, 



