DOMESTIC COCK. 



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which has that part nearly naked : the whole of 

 the plumage of the under parts of the body re- 

 sembles that of the male, except that the colours 

 are less brilliant : the feathers of the neck are but 

 slightly elongated, and do not possess the singular 

 cartilaginous substance with which those of the 

 male are ornamented, neither have the wing- 

 coverts that appendage : the whole of the upper 

 part of the body is grey, more or less dusky, with 

 the shaft of each feather white : the space round 

 the eyes is naked and reddish. 



Inhabits large forests in India, where it occurs 

 in great profusion. 



DOMESTIC COCK. 

 (Gallus domesticus.) 



Ga. carunculd denticulatd ; ore subtus harbato ; pennis colli 

 linearibus elongatis ; corpore pulchris coloribus variegato ; 

 Cauda compressd adscendente. (Femina, cm/a barbdque minor es 

 quam maris.) 



Cock with a toothed comb 5 the throat wattled 5 the feathers 

 on the neck linear and elongated ; the body variegated with 

 beautiful colours 5 the tail compressed and ascending. (Je- 

 ma/ewith the comb and wattle less than in the male.) 



Gallus domesticus et Gallina. Briss. Orn. 1. — Raii, Syn, 

 p. 51. A. 



Gallus Bankiva domesticus. Temm. Gall. Ind, 654. 

 Phasianus Gallus domesticus. Lath. Ind, Orn. 2. 626. 1. 

 Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 737, 1. jS. 



