NATURALIST'S CABINET. 



Remarkable instance of his jealousj. 



reasoning concerning her conjugal infidelity^ 

 .An extraordinary circumstance, in confirmation 

 of this remark, occurred not long ago, at the seat 

 of a gentleman near Berwick, and is related by 

 Dr. Percival, in his Dissertations. " My mow- 

 ers/* says this gentleman, " cut a partridge on 

 her nest, and immediately brought the eggs, 

 fourteen in number, to the house. I ordered 

 them to be put under a very large beautiful hen, 

 and her own to be taken away. They were 

 hatched in two days, and the hen brought them 

 up perfectly well till they were five or six weeks 

 old. During that time they were constantly kept 

 confined in an out-house, without having been 

 seen by any of the other poultry. The door hap- 

 pening to be left open, the cock got in. My 

 housekeeper hearing her hen in distress, ran to 

 her assistance, but did not arrive in time to save 

 her life. The cock, finding her with the brood 

 of partridges, had fallen upon her with the utmost 

 fury, and killed her. The housekeeper found 

 him tearing her with both his beak and spurs; 

 although she was then fluttering in the last agony, 

 and incapable of any resistance. This hen had 

 formerly been the cock's greatest favourite." 



The varieties of this species are endless, almost 

 every country producing a different kind. The 

 principal selected for domestic purposes in this 

 kingdom are the following: 



The Hamburgh cock; this is a very large 



