NEGRO COCK. 



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This strange species has the whole of the 

 feathers curled up, appearing at a distance like 

 wool : it is rather smaller than the common 

 poultry, and is much more difficult to rear than 

 them, as the chickens are very tenacious of cold 

 and moisture. In a domestic state it is frequently 

 kept out of curiosity. The usual plumage of this 

 bird is white, and its legs are smooth ; but it varies 

 in having the legs covered with feathers, and very 

 greatly in the colours of its plumage and in size, 

 some being considerably smaller, and others larger 

 than the ordinary poultry. 



Asia appears to be the native place of this 

 species, which is domesticated in Java, Japan, 

 Sumatra, and the whole of the Philippine islands. 



NEGRO COCK, 

 (Gallus Morio.) 



Ga. caruncula et palearibus nigris ; pulchris coloribus variegatis. 



Cock with the caruncle and wattles black 5 the feathers va- 

 riegated with beautiful colours. 



Gallus Morio. Temm. Gall. Ind, 660. — Briss. Orn, 1. 174. 



Phasianus Gallus Morio. Linn, Syst, Nat, l . 27 1. — Gmel. Si/st, 

 Nat, 1. ysg.—Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 628. 1. 



Le Coq negre, ou de Mosambique. Biiff: Ois, % 122,— Temm. 

 Pig. et Gall, 2. 253. 



Negro Cock. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 709. 



