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FORK-TAILED COCK, 



and brown. {Female without comb or wattle; the region of 



the eyes naked.) 

 Gallus furcatus. Temm, Gall. Ind. 662. 

 Coq et Poule ayamalas. Temm, Pig, et Gall. 2. 26l. 



This is distinguished from the rest of the Cocks 

 by several peculiarities : its tail is horizontal and 

 forked : its crest is entire : it does not possess the 

 wattles on each side of the base of the under man- 

 dible, but instead, it has arising from that part and 

 descending to the lower part of the neck a single 

 membranaceous appendage, which is folded, and 

 somewhat similar to that of the Turkey : neither 

 are the feathers of the neck and top of the back 

 elongated, but rounded, and have the appearance 

 of velvety scales : the total length of the male is 

 about two feet : the sides of the head, the throat, 

 the lower part of the neck, the loose membrane of 

 that part, and the comb, are of a fine red- violet : 

 the occiput, the sides and hinder part of the neck, 

 and top of the back, have the feathers of an oval 

 form ; they are bright brown at their base, at 

 their centre blue, with violet reflections ; between 

 that and their tips green, with golden hues, and 

 the very extremities are tipped with a velvety 

 black crescent : the feathers on the lower part of 

 the back and the rump are long and narrow, with 

 their middle portions black, glossed with gold ; 

 and their edges, which are disunited, are of a 

 yellow-ochre tinge : the feathers of the lesser and 

 middle wing-coverts are similar in shape to those 

 on the top of the back ; they are black with red 

 margins: the quills are dusky brown, and th§ 



