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Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: Banta, Nathaniel Moore, 1867- Schneider, Albert, 1863- Higley, William Kerr, 1860-1908 Abbott, Gerard Alan
Subjects: Natural history
Publisher: Chicago, American Audobon association
Contributing Library: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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276 FAMOUS FOREIGN BIRDS 485 it is of interest to note that in the English language thecommon fowl has no distinctive name. The term hen, fre-quently used, should be applied only to the female of thisand other domestic fowls. The j)rogenitor of the common fowl is generally con-ceded to be the Red Jungle Fowl, though there are threeother wild species, all oriental. This species is a native ofIndia, a part of China, the adjacent islands, and the Philip-pines. Its habits are diversified, for we are told it may befound in lofty forests and in the dense thickets, as well asin bamboo jungles, and when cultivated land is near itshaunts it may be seen in the fields, after the crops are cut,in straggling parties of from ten to twenty. This wild sj^ecies closely resembles the breed of poultryfanciers called the Blackbreasted Game, but the crow ofthe wild cock is not as loud or prolonged as that of the tameone. FARM-YARD F0\\T:S* Silver-spangled Hamburg. These fowls are among themost highly deve

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