BLACKGAME 



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shire, from which the illustration on page 64 is taken, is the 

 handsomest hybrid of any game species I have ever seen. 

 It is usually the case that, in most of the crosses with which 

 the Blackcock has anything to do, the young take very 



YOUNG BLACKCOCK IN STATE OF CHANGE. 



strongly after him, and are generally of a very plain and 

 black appearance, without possessing that noble bird's 

 individual beauties, but in this specimen the characteristics 

 of both the parents are perfectly distinct. 



The crosses with the Grouse are usually very dark, and 



