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THE DOMESTIC FOWL. 



THE GAME FOWL. 



SYWONYMES. Gallus gallinaceus (var.?), of Naturalists ; Coq anglais, of 

 Buffon ; Gallo peleador, of the Spaniards ; Game Fowl, Game Cock, 

 Fighting Cork, of the English and Anglo-Americans. 



It is not within the range of the present little treatise 

 to hunt up the distinctions of the sporting fancy, par- 

 ticularly cock-fighting, which, it is hoped, will soon 

 become obsolete ; yet an allusion to those distinctions 

 might excite the curiosity of the naturalist. It is the 

 temperament which gives the bird its value in the eye 

 of the sportsman ; its physical qualities deserve the 

 notice of the ornithologist. But even now, many of 

 the handsomest game cocks to be seen, are already 



