FORK-TAILED COCK. 



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secondaries are black, glossed with gold : the 

 breast, the belly, and the abdomen, are black : 

 the tail, which is composed of twelve feathers, is 

 slightly forked and horizontal : the long feathers 

 on the rump, and the upper tail-coverts, rest upon 

 the tail, and form a series of parabolas, more or 

 less curved ; they, as well as the tail-feathers, are 

 green, glossed with gold : the tarsi are armed wdth 

 very short spurs, and with the beak are yellow : 

 the irides are bright yellow. The female has the 

 space round the eyes and a spot beneath the ears 

 naked, and of a livid colour : the feathers on the 

 top of the head and hinder part of the neck are 

 grey-brown : above the eyes is a kind of reddish 

 yellow eyebrow : the throat is white : the breast, 

 the belly, and the abdomen, are of a greyish 

 yellow, without spots ; the feathers of the former 

 edged with dusky: the back and lesser wing- 

 coverts are deep green, with golden hues, and 

 yellowish in their centres : the greater coverts and 

 the secondary quills are black, glossed with green- 

 gold ; the whole of them undulated with yellowish, 

 and their extremities entirely of that colour : the 

 tail-feathers are brown, slightly tinged with green, 

 and edged with reddish : the feet and beak are 

 brown. 



This beautiful species is very abundant in the 

 great forests in the interior of Java, frequenting 

 the borders of the woods during the day: it is 

 very wild, and is rendered difficult to kill, as it is 

 always on the look-out for danger : it will not bear 

 confinement. 



