176 BREEDS. 



are so shy and restless, lose all brightness of 

 colour, and pine away. 



Their large woman-like, gentle dark eyes seem 

 to reproach their gaoler, and their plaintive cry 

 to plead for liberty ; I, for one, never resisted 

 the appeal. They wander to incredible distances, 

 if allowed free range. 



Hence the difficulty of keeping the pure breed. 



Their long slender red legs appear made for 

 traversing the fallen pines, and their close firm 

 plumage for resisting the tangled brushwood. The 

 hens wUl cross with our " domestic Cambridge," 

 improve the constitution of that bird, and impart 

 some of their native characteristics and beauty. 



Por exhibition, the Norfolk Turkey must be 

 in plumage, jet black (not a blue black), free from 

 any admixture of colour ; legs and feet the same. 



Cambridge may vary from pale grey to dark, 

 with a deep metallic tint of brown ; legs, light in 

 hue. 



Good matching is imperative; a dark cock 

 must have dark hens, and a light cock light hens. 



This being attended to, size and weight decide 

 the victory. 



