In the north of England cocks were described in a 

 very slipshod manner, thus 



14. Voltigeur red. 3. 4. Parker, 



being the number of the cock's pen, name of the bird, 

 a very general note of his colour, his weight in pounds 

 and ounces, and lastly the feeder's name 



There were men who made, or augmented, their 

 incomes, by attending the cock-pits and taking down 

 for patrons the marks and colours of the birds brought 

 to the scales. It was not infrequently done by clergy- 

 men who, as breeders of game fowl themselves, were 

 conversant with technical terms and colours 



