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The Mofcovian hlack Game-Cock and Hen, 



Numb. XXIX, XXX. 



i HIS Bird is as big as a Tlirkey ; the Cock from the Point of the 

 ■*- Bill to the End of the Tail was thirty two Inches long ; the Hen 

 but twenty fix; Breadth, when the Wings were expanded, forty fix 

 Inches, the Hen no more than forty one. When it was pluckt and 

 gutted it weighed ten Pounds : its Bill was yellow and like the reft of 

 this Kind, an Inch and a half long, from the Tip to the Angles of 

 the Mouth ; its Sides fharp and ftrong ; its Tongue (harp and not 

 cloven 3 in the Palate is a Cavity impreffed equal to the Tongue ; the 

 Irides of the Eyes of a hazel Colour; above the Eyes is a naked Skin 

 of a fcarlet Colour in the Place of Eye-Brows : the Legs on the fore Part 

 are feathered down to the Foot or Rife of the Toes, but bare behind; 

 the Toes are joined together by a Membrane as far as the firft Joint, 

 they having a Border of Skin all along ftanding out a little and ferrate ; 

 the Head and Neck black and grizzled with fmall Specks of white; 

 the Breaft dark green, fpotted and fpeclded with black and white; the 

 Wing brown, the Back a dusky brown; the Tail Black 5 the lower 

 Part of the Belly and Thighs dusky, mottled with white : The whole 

 Bird is fpotted and fpeckled with black and white. 



The Hen is of a yellowifh brown and white, finely marked with black 

 Feathers having white Tips. Both the Cock and Hen have a large white 

 Spot on the fcapular Part of the Wing. Thefe Birds differ in their Colours 

 very much, either by Age, Place, or other Accidents. They are found 

 in the mountainous Parts of Miifcovy-i the Alps^ and other Places. 





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