140 BLACK SPANISH FOWLS. 



as feathers are concerned, and, when in high condition, display a 

 greenish, metalic lustre. The comb of both cock and hen is exceed- 

 ingly large, and of a vivid scarlet ; that of the hen droops over on 

 one side. 



" The most singular feature, is a large white patch, or ear-lobe, on 

 the cheek, which, in some species, extends over a great part of the 

 face, of fleshy substance, similar to the wattle ; it is small in the hens, 

 but large and very conspicuous in the cock. This marked contrast of 

 black, bright red, and white, makes the head of the Spanish cock as 

 handsome as that of any variety we have ; and in the genuine breed 

 the whole form is equally good ; but the scraggy, long-legged, mis- 

 shapen mongrels one often sees in the poorer quarters of a town, are 

 enough to throw discredit on the whole race." 



E. W. 



