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State of domestication, but those born and bred in captivity 
pair with the turkey ; and M. Temminck is of opinion, 
that all gallinaceous birds which are susceptible of domes- 
tication, will also admit of cross-breeds, though of very dif- 
ferent species. The objection, then, to our domestic poul- 
try being derived from a multiplied source, which naturally 
arises from the acknowledged disinclination manifested by 
most animals (birds as well as quadrupeds) to breed ex- 
cept with their own kind, is greatly weakened, if not alto- 
gether done away with, in this particular instance. 
The Jago cock (Gallus giganteus of Temminck) some- 
times grows to so great a size, that, while standing on the 
floor of a room, according to Marsden, its bill attained the 
level of a dining-table of ordinary height ; and when repos- 
ing on the ground with its legs bent beneath it, it was even 
then considerably taller than a domestic cock of the com- 
mon size. 
It is by the influence of this species upon our domestic 
races, that we have probably obtained those very large va- 
rieties, such as the Rhodian cock, the Sansevarre hen, and 
other eastern breeds, the weight of which (I mean of the 
males) occasionally ranges from 8 to 10 pounds, — an in- 
crease which we must have sought for in vain from the 
most pampered progeny of the jungle cock; for, judging 
from its general size and aspect, I should not think the 
latter would weigh above three pounds. 
The second wild species to which I have alluded, is an 
inhabitant of the Island of Java. It is called Ayam Ban- 
Mva by the natives, a name of which I do not understand 
the etymology, though it probably expresses some charac- 
teristic habit of the animal to which it is applied. The 
species was discovered a good many years ago by a French 
travelling naturalist, M. Leschenault, by whom specimens 
of both sexes were transmitted to the Paris Museum. As 
