132 PROFI1S IN POULTRY. 
severe. Mr. ©. W. Gedney, of Bromley, Kent, Eng: 
land, resided for some years in that country, and pro- 
fesses to be well acquainted with the habits and character 
of these fowls, and we depend upon him for most of the 
information we have in regard to them in their native 
Fig. 64.—LANGSHAN COCK. 
country. They are entirely distinct from the Black 
Cochin, and their native home is 1000 miles distant 
from Cochin-China, whence the latter birds have been 
brought. These birds are erect in carriage, have larger 
combs, more feathered tails than the Black Cochins, an- 
