贵刊93年1期登载樊长新同志的《癸酉年话食鸡》,文中写道:“家鸡是由野鸡驯化而来”.这话既不确切又不科学,应该是:家鸡是由原鸡驯化而来.野鸡与原鸡是两种不同的野生鸡种,既不能混淆,也不可同日而语.现简介如下,以飨读者.野鸡,又名雉鸡、环颈鸡,我国除海南省外,其它各省区都有分布.雌雄鸡在外形上有明显区别,雄的羽 In your article 93-1, Fan Changxin published “Guixi Lunar New Year’s Chicken,” which states: “Chickens are domesticated from pheasants.” These words are neither exact nor scientific, and should be: The original chicken domesticated from the pheasant and the original chicken is two different kinds of wild chicken, neither confusing nor the same. Now profile is as follows, to readers. Pheasant, also known as pheasant, ring necked chicken, our country except Hainan Province, the other provinces have a distribution of male and female chickens in the shape of a clear distinction between the male feather