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little on the primaries. At the best therefore, these birds had a slight 
trace of lafayetti in their constitution; of course they were not used 
in the experiments. 
3. Gallus Sonnerati. PI. V. 
In the same year Mr. DE Bas, Notary of the Public at the Hague, pre- 
sented to Mr. Houwınka fine cock and hen of Gallus Sonneratt, 195.1 
&, and 195.2 9, while Mr. F. E. BLAAUW added to these in 1916 the cock 
269.1 3, which once also formed part of Mr. DE Bas’ stock. 
4. Gallus varius. Plate VI. 
A cock of this Javanese species with its beetle-green pheasant-col- 
lar was kindly lent by the Director of | Artis’, the Zoological Gar- 
dens at Amsterdam. It turned out to be too old to procreate. A fine 
vigorous cock of this species, 196.1 g was, again by Mr. DE Bas, pre- 
sented to Mr. HOUWINK in 1915. 
5. Gallus aeneus. 
This is a collective name for the hybrids of Gallus varius, with either 
domestic poultry or with bankiva. The Zoological Gardens at Amster- 
dam possessed a male of this kind, there known as Bronshoen, which it 
had (for picture see chapter on „Crosses with varius’’) mated to three 
silver duckwing bantams, and which, together with its progeny, was put 
at the disposal of Mr. HOUWINK. BEEBE describes the following , spe- 
cies’’ as synonyms. Gallus aeneus CUVIER is one of the type of hybrids 
with violet upper plumage, margined with golden yellow, comb with 
minute teeth; a small median wattle. G. Temminckii GRAY is a red 
phase of hybrid. All the plumage margined with golden chestnut, six 
coarse teeth in comb; well developed median throat wattle. G. viola- 
ceus KELSALL has the violet gloss dominant, a toothed comb, a good 
sized median wattle. G. stramineicollis SHARPE, from the Sulu Islands, 
is a very large hybrid of domestic variety with a small rose comb, bare 
face, chin, throat and lower neck; hackles, mantle, neck, lower back 
and rump straw color with narrow green shaft-stripe. Feet and legs 
very thick and heavy, spurs abortive. G. pseudohermaphroditicus has 
nothing to do with varius; it is a domestic hermaphrodite. 
