FKEKCB BSBBDB. 



HOUDANS. 



EOXTDAK COCK AND HEN. 



These are considered the best French fowls, and of late years 

 have becom^ great favorites with poultry-fanciers^ They have, 

 like the Dorkings, five claws on each foot ; their plnmage is black 

 and white, shaded with violet and green ; they are crested birds, 

 the crest turning backwards-over the neck ; their cheeks are well 

 feathered, and wattles well developed. Tliey differ from other 

 ^ species by several remarkable -^aits, the head forms a very , 

 obtuse angle with the neck, so that the beak is depressed and 

 viewed from above appears like a nose. The fiat square comb 

 looks like a fleshy forehead; the cheeks are surrounded with 

 curling feathers which resemble whiskers; the reversed corners 

 of .the beak have the appearance of a mouth. The crest looks 

 like a head of hair, and the entire visage instantly reminds the 

 spectator of a man's face. 



