Breeds of the Domestic Foivl. 



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Game; the legs, though greatly elongate!, are thick and 

 massive, and the body more weighty than it appsars, as the 

 plumage is excessively close and firm, and so scanty that in 

 the older birds the naked skin often appears on the breast, 

 neck, and legs, turning bright red by exposure to the light 



Fiar. 8. 



Malay Cockerel. 



and air. From the length of the legs and the necessity of 

 resting them, the males not nnfrequently assume the attitude 

 shown in the smaller figure, which has a ludicrous resem- 

 blance to that of a kangaroo. The comb in the Malay is 

 closely adpressed to the skull, and quite destitute of the ser- 



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