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VERTEBBATES. 



Thi. Domestic Fowls are too well known to need much 

 desb/iption. There are many varieties, the most conspicuous oi 



which are the Cochin-China, Crested, and Batitam. The Game 

 Poni was formerly in great request for the cruel sport of cock- 

 fighting, an amusement which, though hap- 

 pily now almost extinct, was in great vogue 

 but a few years since. The Java Fowl, of 

 which the enormous Cochin-China bird it 

 a variety, is supposed to he the origin of 

 the barn-door fowl. The cock has beer 

 long celebrated for his warlike propensities, 

 and his habit of greeting the approach of 

 morn by his " shrill clarion." 



The Bantam is a very little bird in- 

 deed, but exceedingly courageous, and does 

 not hesitate to attack a turkey or such large 

 bird with most amusing pompousness of manner. Some Bantams 

 have their legs thickly feathered down to the very toes. The 



Tailless Cock. 



