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been brought about in the minds of these creatures consists 

 in the very great diminution in the combative motive of the 

 males. In the wild forms, as well as in the kindred variety 

 of the game-cock, this impulse to battle attains a truly phe- 



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Leghorns 



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nomenal development, the like of which is probably not to 

 be found in any other creature. The male birds begin their 

 warfare before they are more than half grown, and in their 

 adult state will attack anything which they can conceive to 

 be an enemy. They will, with slight provocation, assail any 

 of the other domesticated species of birds, and even the 

 lesser mammals, such as the dogs and cats. They will fight 



