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hackles or long neck feathers of this and the preceding bird are 

 much used by anglers for making artificial .flies 



The Crested Fowl. 



The celebrated Jungle Fowl of India belongs to this race, 

 and is by many supposed to be the origin of our domestic game 

 fowl. The Chinese, who are greatly addicted to the sport of cock- 

 fighting, prefer this bird, for their 

 cruel amusement. 



The Dorking Fowl is a large 

 and delicate species. The chief 

 peculiarity in this bird is the dou- 

 ble hind toe, so that it has five toes 

 instead of four. 



The Turkey is an inhabi- 

 tant of America, and appears to 

 have been imported into Europe 

 about the year 1600. Its habits 

 in a state of domestication need 

 no description, but when wild in its native woods are rather inte- 

 resting. It is partly migratory in its habits, and before the 

 settlement of the country, it moved annually from the parts 



Bantam Cock. 



