130 DOMESTIC ANIMALS. 



ham to the diminutive Alderney cow. Though extremely 

 small in size, the Bantam cock is elegantly formed, and remark- 

 Fig. 3T. 



WHITE BANTAM COCK AND HEN. 



able for his grotesque figure, his courageous and passionate 

 temper, his amusing pompousness of manner, his overweening 

 assumption and arrogance ; and his propensity to make fight, 

 and force every rival to "turn tail," has caused him many diffi- 

 culties. 



The Bantam must be considered more as an object of curios- 

 Fig. 38. 



BLACK BANTAM COCK AND HEN. 



ity than utility, and of course must expect to be received with 

 no peculiar favor, in this country, except as a "pet." They 



