BLUE CARRIER COCK 



This bird is one of the finest grown, and, although 

 to an outsider it may seem unlovely, it is highly regard- 

 ed by the fancier. It is a large bird and long feathered, 

 and in youth is very sprightly, but loses this in a few 

 years. The neck is long and thin, gracefully tapering 

 to broadly-set shoulders ; the beak is strong and straight 

 and measures not less than one and three fourths 

 inches from center of eye. The beak-wattle is the most 

 valuable property of the Carrier. 



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