FORK-TAILED COCK. 



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Inhabits the island of Ceylon, among the iai- 

 iiiense forests of that country : its nest is placed 

 upon the ground, and is coarsely made of slender 

 plants, and similar to that of the Partridge : the 

 bird is very wild : the cry of the cock is less 

 sonorous than in the domestic species. 



The dt)mesticated kind of this is very common 

 in some parts, and varies exceedingly in its plum- 

 age, but all are destitute of the tail and rump : 

 in some the comb is dentated, and in a few double, 

 but it does not appear that any have that part 

 smooth. 



b. GuLA paled longitudinali plicatd; Ckvukjiircatdy plana. 

 b. Throat with a longitudinal folded wattle ; the tail forked and 

 horizontal. 



TORK-TATLED COCK. 



(Gallus furcatus.) 



Ga. carunculd integrd, gula. medio barbatd, pennis colli hre^ 

 vibus rotundatis, corpora supra mridi-aureo, subtus nigro, 

 iectricibus alarum aurantiis Juscisque, (Femina crista bar-' 

 bdque nullis; oculi ambitu nudi.) 



Cock with an entire comb 5 the throat with a wattle in the 

 middle ; the feathers on the neck short and rounded j the body 

 above green-gold, beneath black 3 the wing-coverts orange 



