THE DOMESTIC FOWL. 



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above-mentioned, for the crest, gills, epidermis, periosteum, and 

 feathers of this species are black but the flesh is white. The Negro 

 Cock, very largely spread over Belgium and Germany, still lives in 

 freedom in the Indies. Although to the Bankiva race alone some 

 attribute the honour of being progenitors to our domestic stock, I 



Fig. I55-— Domestic Fowls. 



should be inclined to believe that in accordance with their different 

 appearances, they have more or less of the blood of the races pre- 

 viously enumerated in their veins. 



The male of the domestic race is thick-set and massive, but with- 

 out heaviness. His upright and bold walk denotes pride. Without 

 being an habitual runner, he moves with rapidity, but when driven to 

 fly it is with difficulty he raises himself from the ground, as if Nature 

 had destined him to live always by the side of man, attached to the 



