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wild birds or their descendants in captivity, will particularly apply, for 
it will be noted that the wild breed itself, (G. lafayetti) is stated never to 
have bred in such circumstances, or even to have long survived. Hence 
we might expect great difficulty in breeding from its hybrids, quite 
apart from any actual sterility.” 
As to the aberrant voice of G. lafayetti, the same authority says: 
„Of this difference much less would be thought by a poultry fan- 
cier, who is accustomed to the most extraordinary differences be- 
tween various domestic races, than by a naturalist.’ 
He further points out: 
„that it is worthy of remark that in most cases of reversion in colour 
amongst various breeds of poultry, the evident tendency 1s towards a ved 
or brown breast in the cock, rather than to a black and that G. bankiva 
is invariably blackbreasted while G. lafayetti has a red-brown breast.” 
Towards the end of 1902 the CEYLON POULTRY CLUB took up the 
matter and decided to investigate: 
I. Will the jungle cock breed with the domestic hen? 
II. Will the jungle hen breed with the domestic cock? 
III. Will the hybrids (the progeny of such mating) breed with the 
jungle-fowl and with the domestic fowl? 1. e.: — 
a) Will the hybrid cockerel breed with (1) the jungle hen (2) 
the domestic hen? 
b) Will the hybrid pullet breed with (1) the jungle cock (2) the 
domestic cock ? 
IV. Will the hybrids breed inter se ? 
A trial to obtain hybrids from the natives, who offered many birds 
as such, was a failure: „None, gave any evidence of the jungle fowl 
parentage, save perhaps one.” 
The mating of jungle hens with domestic cocks was a complete fai- 
lure. The wild hens were very terrified of the domestic male, and even 
when more or less toned down, would never submit to its advances. 
Only Mr. YOUNG of UDABAGE succeeded in keeping two jungle hens in 
captivity for considerably more than one year. These hens he had just 
mated up to a domestic cock and was very hopeful of results, when his 
tragic death by lightning put a stop to everything. 
The keeping alive of jungle-cocks also proved to be difficult, so that, 
to cut a long story short, MR. CLEMENT JOHNSON lately of HUNASGERIA 
alone produced any hybrids, while all subsequent success by others was 

