Thevoicediffersslightly,asIaminformedbyMr。Dixon,inalmosteverybreed。TheMalays(7/66。Fergusonon’PrizePoultry’page87。)havealoud,deep,somewhatprolongedcrow,butwithconsiderableindividualdifference。
ColonelSykesremarksthatthedomesticKulmcockinIndiahasnottheshrillclearpipeoftheEnglishbird,and\"hisscaleofnotesappearsmorelimited。\"Dr。Hookerwasstruckwiththe\"prolongedhowlingscreech\"ofthecocksinSikhim。(7/67。Col。Sykesin’Proc。Zoolog。Soc。’1832page151。
Dr。Hooker’s’HimalayanJournals’volume1page314。)ThecrowoftheCochinisnotoriouslyandludicrouslydifferentfromthatofthecommoncock。Thedispositionofthedifferentbreedsiswidelydifferent,varyingfromthesavageanddefianttemperoftheGame—cocktotheextremelypeaceabletemperoftheCochins。Thelatter,ithasbeenasserted,\"grazetoamuchgreaterextentthananyothervarieties。\"TheSpanishfowlssuffermorefromfrostthanotherbreeds。]
Beforewepassontotheskeleton,thedegreeofdistinctnessoftheseveralbreedsfromG。bankivaoughttobenoticed。SomewritersspeakoftheSpanishasoneofthemostdistinctbreeds,andsoitisingeneralaspect;butitscharacteristicdifferencesarenotimportant。TheMalayappearstomemoredistinct,fromitstallstature,smalldroopingtailwithmorethanfourteentail—feathers,andfromitssmallcombandwattles;
nevertheless,oneMalaysub—breediscolouredalmostexactlylikeG。