Vol VI, No. 2.] Muryji-Nama. 



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APPENDIX A. 

 Further Points of the Game-Co* k.' 



The bill is thick but short, the white of the eve pearl- 

 coloured 2 (not red oryellow), the comb 3 thick and very low , th. 

 wattles very small, the region below the ears red, 4 the oheeck 

 bones protuberant, the head large and square, the neck long, 

 the wings held apart from the body, the chest thrown out. 

 the tail small and drooping from the base, the back flat and 

 not roached, 5 the back and wings viewed from above heart- 

 shaped, 6 the flesh hard and the body compact, the stalk -bones 

 thick and square. In fight the game-cock is staunch till death 

 If tickled lightly by the finger on the stomach about an inch 

 above the vent, it should begin to oil itself 7 : it should be very 

 free and familiar with man. Its crow is short and deep. If 

 the cock is young and has been parted for some time from hens, 

 it should "dance " 8 when the fingers are snapped. Theiv are 

 many breeds of game, viz. : (1) Shaykh Buddhu ' ; (2) KaUkatiyd 

 or " black-spurred " 10 ; (3) Patti-tuta n : (4) Sona-to! ' or 

 "gold in value"; (5) Amir Khan; (6) Muhnmnad 'All Beg. 



The Shaykh Buddhu is never the aggressor in fight. The 

 best birds of this breed will stand on the spot they are placed 

 without advancing an inch towards their antagonist, and there- 

 fore cocks of this breed can be turned out loose together. 



Game-cocks are never white, yellow, nor bandhnu (re- 

 gularly speckled throughout). 



The game hen lays one or at the most two clutch* ls of 



eggs in the year. 



Mawlavi, an amateur breeder. 



2 Motl chvr, "like powdered pearl." 



3 Mor or mawr=iaj. 



4 In domestic fowls generally whit* 

 & Mahi misht % " fish-backed. 



an 



_iaped like a betel-leaf \y . 



7 This is a sign of familiarity with men and of fearlessness. < torn- 



mon fowls do not preen, however tame. 



8 i.e., show off by lowering the wing and circling, as a cock does 



before a hen. . , _ •b+.jji «- 



«• Buddhu is a name given by the vulgar to a son bom on Buddh or 

 Wednesday. , 



and 



latter, a famous breed in Singapore, is noteuiui ... «*, «...,. 



11 Two cocks of this breed were once fighting. A man separated 



, K„ ;„«««„„ hptwean them a char pa f * or Indian bedstead. I I 



spurring 



™ g O C „°e °"S breed ™ one". *aled and soid'to a Neteeb f„r it. 



T. J»3w-0 "a clutch laid by one l,e»." « fb* »»*/,« 



"a 



brood." 



