THE COCHIN CHINA FOWL. 155 



LBS. OZ. 



Turkey Cock, sixteen months old 16 



Ditto Hen, three or four years old 8 6 



White China Gander, six years old 12 13 



White China Goose 11 13 



Common China Goose, Cynb'ides, six years old 10 10 



Cochin China Cock, about sixteen months old, moulting 6 5 



Ditto Hen ditto ditto 4 6 



Malay Cock ditto ditto 6 14 



Ditto Hen ditto ditto 4 8 



Pheasant Malay Cock 5 7 



Ditto Malay Hen, moulting 3 8 



Game Cockerel, about five months old 4 2 



Golden Hamburgh Cockerel, just arrived from a long 



journey, about five months old 3 8 



Ditto Pullet ditto ditto 2 4 



Cochin China Cockerel, six months old 4 14 



Another ditto 4 13 



Silver Hamburgh Cockerel, after travelling, about 



five months old t 3 1 



Ditto Pullet ditto ditto 2 8 



Black Polish Hen moulting 3 



Golden Hamburgh, ditto 2 3 



Andalusian Cockerel, four months old 3 8 



Ditto Pullet ditto 2 6J 



Black Spanish Cockerel ditto 2 11 



Ditto Pullet ditto 2 11 



Silver Polish Cockerel, four months and a half old 2 14 



Golden Poland Pullet, about five months old 2 8 



White-crested Golden Poland Pullet, ditto 2 3 



It will appear from the foregoing, that for a Cock, of any 

 breed, to reach seven and a half pounds, even live weight, he 

 must be an unusually fine bird ; but this has to be doubled 

 before we can rival the Cochin China specimens above men- 

 tioned. I have never yet seen Cocks and Hens weighing fif- 

 teen pounds and ten pounds, respectively : those most nearly 

 approaching these weights have been Malays, not Cochin Chi- 

 nas ancient and venerable birds, looking old enough and tough 



