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THE FOKK-TAILED COCK. 
Gallus furcatus . — Temminok. 
PLATE X. 
Coq ayam-alas ; Gallus furcatus, TemmincJc, Histoire Na- 
turelle des GaUinaces , ii. [». 2G1 PI. Colorizes, pi. 483.— 
Gallus Javonicus, Horsfield. 
This curious Cock was first described by M. Tem- 
minck in 1813. It is nearly two feet in length to 
the extremity of the tail. The cheeks are bare, the 
head furnished with a simple entire comb, and the 
throat with a single large wattle springing from the 
centre : they are all bright red. The head, neck, 
and upper part of the back, are remarkable, from the 
short and rounded form of the feathers : the centre 
of these feathers is of a deep metallic blue, which 
shades towards the edges to a golden-green, and at 
the extremities they are finished with a narrow band 
of very deep black. The feathers of the lower part 
of the back and tail-coverts lengthened as usual, 
are of a deep black in the centre, and are bordered 
with a narrow stripe of pale yellow : those forming 
the wing-coverts are of the same form, but the pale 
narrow border is of a rich orange-red : the whole 
under parts are deep black. The tail is said to be 
carried more in a line with the body than usual, and 
