130 Domestic ANIMALS. 
ham to the diminutive Alderney cow. Though extremely 
small in size, the Bantam cock is elegantly formed, and remark- 
Fig. 87. - 
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Wuite Bantam Coox anp HEN, 
able for ts grotesque figure, his courageous and passionate 
temper, his amusing pompousness of manner, his overweening 
assumption and arrogance; and his propensity to make fight, 
and force every rival to “turn tail,” has caused him many diffi- 
culties. 
The Bantam must be considered more as an object of curios- 
Fig. 38. 
Buack Bantam Cock anp HEN. 
ity than utility, and of course must expect to be received with 
no peculiar favor, in. this country, except as a “pet.” They 
