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tearing them up by the roots — that I ordered them to be killed. So brave were some of the male 

 birds that they never flinched in the presence of a turkey-cock, and now and then would stand 

 against a dunghill cock for a pass or two before they would run from him." 



Mr. C. J. Ward, in the New York Pet Stock, Pigeon, and Poultry Bulletin, for Jul)', 1873, 

 gives a less favourable account of his attempts at domesticating this bird, but he tried hatching eggs 

 under hens. Perhaps he took too niiich pains with them, as it will be seen that Audubon left 

 them very much to themselves, and we have also seen that Jungle Fowls do best similarly 

 treated. He thinks, however, that it can be accomplished, and adds, " They are splendid table 

 birds, and very beautiful when in good condition." The principal difficulty will perhaps lie in the 

 destructive propensity Audubon alludes to ; but this might in a degree be provided against by 

 giving up runs to them furnished with suitable plants — or it could do little harm on a good 

 grass-run. On the whole, however, this bird does not perhaps hold out such good hopes of 

 successful domestication as some of the preceding. 



