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ing the cheek-piece, which is also large, and extends back on the neck ; ancl 

 the legs of :i yellow hue, approaching a flesh-color, and feathered to the ends 

 of the toes. 



THE MALAYS. 



This breed of fowls is very large and clumsy, and possesses no particular 

 merits that we are aware of, unless it be in size. They are decidedly Shang- 

 haeish in appearance and action. The usual hight of the cock is from 

 twenty-six to twenty-eight inches, and weighs on an average from ten to 

 twelve pounds. We reared the fowls in 1857 on a small scale, and found 

 them in attitude uncouth, their gait being heavy and destitute of alertness. 

 WRIGHT says of this breed, that " in form and make they are as different 

 from Cochins as can well be. They are exceedingly long in the neck and 



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legs, and the carriage is so upright that the back forms a steep incline. The 

 wings are carried high, and project very much at the shoulders. Towards 

 the tail, on the contrary, the body becomes narrow the conformation being 

 thus exactly opposite to that of the Shanghae. The tail is small, and that of 

 the cock droops. The plumage is very close, firm, and glossy, more so than 

 that of any other breed, giving to the bird a peculiar luster when viewed 

 in the light. The colors vary very much. We consider pure white the most 

 beautiful of all ; but the most usual is that well known under the title of 

 brown-breasted red game. The legs are yellow, but quite naked. The head 



