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THE GIGANTIC COCK. 
line with the eyes, and is thick, slightly raised, and 
upon the top rounded, and as it were cut off. The 
throat is bare, and there are two wattles from the 
under mandibles of comparatively small size. The 
head, neck, and upper part of the back is covered 
with pale golden-reddish hackles, which spring also 
slightly before the bare space of the throat. The 
centre of the back and lesser wing-coverts are deep 
chestnut, the feathers with the webs disunited, the 
hackles covering the rump, and base of the tail pale 
reddish-yellow, long and bending down. Tail very 
ample and entirely of a glossy green. Greater wing- 
coverts glossy-green, secondaries and quills with 
outer webs pale reddish-yellow. The whole under 
parts deep glossy blackish green, with strong reflec- 
tions, and having the base of the feathers deep chest- 
nut, which occasionally appears and makes these 
parts seem mottled and interrupted. The height of 
this specimen from the ground is about 2 feet 2 to 
2 feet 4 inches. 
The cocks with ample crests upon the head, five 
toes ; the rumpless cock, and those of very varied co- 
lours, appear chiefly to have arisen from the various 
circumstances attending domestication and crossing. 
The most pleasing of these are specimens with a super- 
abundant crest and auricular feathers. The crest is 
composed of narrow hackled feathers, which grow 
erect from the head, but fall down in graceful curves, 
and are sometimes so long as to overhang and shadow 
the eyes. In many parts this breed is much culti- 
