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extending from the back to the extremities, while the breast is 

 beautifully black. The upper convex side of the wing is 

 equally red and black, and the whole of the tail-feathe"rs black. 

 The beak is black, and the legs are black also. The eyes 

 resemble jet beads, very full and brilliant, and the whole con- 

 tour of the head gives a most ferocious expression. 



The flesh of this fowl is remarkably fine ; the eggs are small, 

 and extremely delicate. 



THE YANKEE GAME FOWL. 



This portrait is also taken from life, from an excellent spec- 

 imen of this breed, which I have denominated the Yankee 

 Game. This fowl was originally produced by a cross between 

 the Plymouth Rock and Indian Game hen. But a few only 

 have been produced from this mixture. I have since bred, and 

 shall continue to breed, this race, from the cock and hen de- 

 scribed in the preceding articles ; that is to say, from the Span- 

 ish cock of Mr. Stacey, and the Wild Indian hen of Mr. Estes. 



