RUMPLESS COCK, 



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the body covered with feathers, with their webs 

 entirely disunited, and resembling hair or silk : it 

 is entirely white, with the exception of the comb 

 and wattles, which are of a red-blue : the legs are 

 reddish violet, and very strong : the beak is of a 

 clear blue : the irides are red, surrounded by a 

 slight circle of black : as in the last species, this 

 has the whole of the skin and periosteum black, 

 but its flesh is remarkably white, and most exqui- 

 site in flavour, exceeding the common poultry in 

 both respects . These birds inhabit different parts 

 of Asia, particularly Japan and China ; the inha- 

 bitants of which latter place carry about cages full 

 of them, and sell them to the Europeans. 



RUMPLESS COCK. 



(Gallus ecaudatus.) 



Ga. caruncula integrdt mandibula inferiore barbis duohuSf caudd 

 nulla, uropygio tectricibus majoribus tecto ; corpore utrinque 

 Jusco-aurantio. 



Cock with an entire comb 3 the lower mandible with two wat- 

 tles ; no tail ; the rump clothed by the greater coverts ; the 

 body fuscous-orange. 



Gallus ecaudatus, primus, Temm. Gall. Ind, 662. 



Goq Wallikikili. Temm. Pig, et Gall. 2. p. 267. 



Var. /3, caudd, seu uropygio carens ; pulchris coloribus varie^ 

 gatis. 



With the rump or tail wanting ; the colours greatly varying, 

 and beautiful. 



