66 THE POULTRY-BOOK. 



THE SPANISH GAME FOWL. 



The fowl represented in this plate is drawn from life, from 

 a bird belonging to Mr. O. M. Stacey, of Lynn. This speci- 

 men was deemed the handsomest of its kind exhibited at the 

 late fowl fair, and the author has never seen so fine a-fowl of 

 the kind. A glance at the portrait will show how perfect is 

 the symmetry and how noble is the bearing of this splendid 

 creature. 



The cock weighs five and a quarter pounds, and the hen, his 

 mate, three pounds and fourteen ounces. 



This is the kind called the English fowl by Buffon and the 

 French writers ; it is more slender in the body, the neck, the 

 bill, and the legs, than the other sorts, and the colors, particu- 

 larly of the cock, are very- bright and showy. The flesh is 

 white, tender and delicate, and on this account marketable. 

 The plumage is very beautiful a clear, dark red, very bright, 



