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DOMESTIC COCK. 



is very large, with eight or nine serratures ; the 

 naked space round the eyes larger than in the other 

 varieties, and the wattles hang much lower ; the 

 head, neck, back, and wing-coverts, mostly orange ; 

 the greater wing-coverts, quills, and under parts, 

 white ; the long falcated tail-feathers blue-black. 



The next variety, or the Crested Cock of au- 

 thors, has the head ornamented with a crest, in 

 addition to the comb ; although some few indi- 

 viduals are found with the latter appendage nearly 

 obliterated, and have in lieu thereof a very large 

 crest, that nearly hinders them from seeing, as it 

 falls down over the eyes ; it also covers the ears 

 and the hind head, and frequently the throat has 

 feathers of a similar kind : in plumage this differs 

 as greatly as the first described, and the crest 

 often forms a perfect contrast to the remainder of 

 the plumage ; some birds being white, with a black 

 crest, others black, with a white crest ; again, the 

 crest is black and orange, and the body white, or 

 varied with several colours : this variety is suf- 

 ficiently common in England, and in Egypt it is 

 greatly prized on account of its flesh, which is said 

 to be remarkably fine. 



The Bantam and Turkish Cocks appear to belong 

 to the same race of varieties ; they are very small, 

 and have a much more showy plumage than the 

 other varieties of this species, and appear to differ 

 from each other but in very few particulars, the 

 principal one consisting in the legs of the Bantam 

 being greatly feathered 5 so much so in some 

 individuals, as to hinder them greatly in walking. 



