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SILK COCK. 



This bird is remarkable for having the comb 

 and wattles of a violet-black : the skin and perios- 

 teum are also of that colour : its flesh is white, 

 and is most excellent food : the comb on the male 

 is dentated, and, with the wattles, resembles that 

 part in the domestic species : the plumage in a 

 wild state is black, with bronzed reflections ; when 

 domesticated it varies considerably in colour, as in 

 other poultry : the beak is deep blue, and the feet 

 are dusky blue. 



Domesticated in various parts of India in great 

 abundance : it is of a restless disposition. 



SILK COCK. 



(Gallus lanatus.) 



Ga. crista ct palearihus rubro-c^eruleisy corpore albo, pennis 

 sericeis. 



Cock with the crest and wattles of a red-blue > the body white ; 



the feathers like hair. 

 Gallus lanatus. Te7nm. Gall. Ind. 660. 



Gallus Japonicus. Briss. Orn. 1. IJB. 6. pL I7'\f* 2. female. 

 Phasianus Gallus Lanatus. Linn. Sj/st. Nat. 1. 2/1. — Gmel. 



Si/st. Nat. 1. y^Q.—Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 628. I. 

 Le Coq et la Poule a duvet. Bzif. Ois. 2. l2l.-^Buf, PI. Enl. 



2Q.—Temm. Pig. et Gall. 2. 256. 

 Silk Cock. Lath. Gen. Syn.4. 708. 1. 



Another singular species of this genus comes 

 next : this is distinguished from all others in having 



