DOMESTIC FOWL. 



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THE MALAY COCK. 



that of the Cochin China, the male bird weighing from 11 to 13 

 Ibs., and the female from 9 to 10 Ibs. ; height rather more than 

 the Cochin China say, twenty-four to twenty-six inches, being 

 higher on the legs the hens about twenty-three inches. The 

 plumage is very various, being from black to white; the more 

 general colour of the hens is a light, reddish yellow ; the cock 

 has a small, misshapen comb, sometimes inclined to one side, 

 and he should be what is called snake-headed, and perfectly free 

 irom top-knot; wattles small; the hackles do not deserve any 



