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reaching down to the beach and west of the Gorontalo river near Kam- 
pong Tohe. From there I got a cock very much like the one from the 
Salak on Java, but possessing behind the ear a naked white spot, which 
contrasts strongly with the red of the comb of the face and of the watt- 
les. After drying, the color of all these parts is the same. He mentions 
the following measures: 
longest tailfeathers . 227mm. middletoe and claw . 59 mm. 
D ti ee ee oo let A INC toe Aer. oe ns ZA, 
D A ein es iia SPUL EN EEE, 
ALES LENS a 84 2 
2) 
Comparison of the 3 tas of cocks in question, as far as the measu- 
res given allow, therefore gives: 
British India Java Celebes 
TEER PRE cu. 630—700 510 ? 
GAREN tostri 2... u. 16 17 W7 
Br tl. 239 210 258 
I NR RE TER 350 £ 22% 
BARD oe SE AL fs, 84 
middletoe and Nice : 55 so 59 
TO SR LL ver 33 9 31 
The question arises at once whether the length of the British Indian 
and the Javanese birds have been measured in the same way. VORDER- 
MAN gives the length from the tip of the beak to the end of the outstret- 
ched legs; unfortunately he doesnot give the length of the tail. If BEE- 
BE’s length refers to the distance from the tip of the bill to the tip of the 
tail and if the length of the tail of the British Indian and Javanese 
birds were the same, we would get for the Javanese bird 300 mm. from 
the tip of the bill to the end of the body + 350 mm. for the tail, which 
would make 650 mm. thus bringing the Javanese bird within the li- 
mits given for British Indian birds. 
While writing this, we have taken the measures of the leg of our ban- 
kiva cock 202.6 and find now the following relations: 
; Our bird 
Fritsch Verran from Java. Celebes 
parents 
HERRE RE Peete 77 79 RE 84 
middletoe and Aan Ä 59 55 59 59 
SOUL ART 0 33 19 25 31 
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