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lymbol of vigilance, to denote that genuine Wif- 
dom is always on her guard : he often accompanies 
Mercur}'', who is deemed an aftive divinity; and 
was commonly lacrificed to the Lares, becaufe of 
his being brought up in habitations of which thofe 
houfhold gods were the guardians. 
Cock, Bantam. The Bantam Cock, though 
fmall, is very courageous, and will encounter any 
creature that offers to opppfe him. He has a red- 
difh bill, fine red eyes, and a curious comb on the 
crown of his head. His ears are covered v/ith a 
tuft of white feathers; and his neck and back with 
long ftreaming orange-coloured feathers mixed 
with yellow. His breaft, and the lower part of his 
belly, are black; his thighs are covered with long 
ftiff feathers, reaching confiderably below his knees ; 
and his legs are invefted with frnall feathers as far as 
his toes. His tail confifls of ftifF black feathers; 
among which there are two large ones which hang 
over the reft in the fhape of a fickle. This bird, 
though it derives it's name from Bantam in the Eaft 
Indies, from which place it was originally brought, 
is now pretty common in England. 
The Bantam hen is fmall and beautiful : her bill 
is yellowifh ; her comb is fmall and pale; and there 
are a few white hairs on the crown of her head. 
The fkin round her eyes is reddifli and bare; and 
her ears are covered with a brown tuft of fea- 
thers. The reft of her body, together with her 
wings and tail, are yellow variegated with dark 
brown; and her thighs and legs are feathered al- 
rfioft down to the toes. It muft be obferved, hov/- 
cver, that the colour of the Bantam hen varies fre- 
quently. 
Cock, Hamburgh. The Hamburgh Cock is 
a very ftately fowL His bill is thick at the bafe, 
but ends in an acute point; his eyes are of a fine 
yellow colour, encircled with dark-coloured fea- 
thers, under which there are tufts of black ones 
which cover his ears. His comb, which is red- 
difh, reaches about half way over his head, the 
hind-part being covered with dark-coloured fea- 
thers inclining to black. His throat and gills are 
of the fame colour, with an admixture of orange 
and red feathers waving round his neck, which are 
l?lack at their extremities. His breaft and belly 
are of a dark colour fpotted with black ; and his 
thighs, as well as the lower part of his belly, are of 
a fhining velvet black. The fuperior parts of his 
neck and back are of a darkifh red; his tail con- 
fifts of red orange-coloured and fhining black fea- 
thers; his legs are of a leaden hue; and the bot- 
toms of his feet are yellow. 
Cock, Indian, of Aldrovandus. The bill 
of this bird, which Marcgrave calls Mituporanga, 
is black at the extremity, but in every other part 
covered with a fafFron-coloured fkin of the fame 
kind with that encircling his eyes. The feathers on 
his head and neck are of a deep black, and ofa filky 
glois ; and on the top of his head there are a fort 
of fpiral feathers, which, when ere6led, form a 
beautiful creft: each of thefe feathers is two inches 
and a half in length, and two lines and a half in 
breadth. The reft of his body is black, with a 
Irnall admixture of green; there are fome white 
feathers about the vent; and his legs are cinereous. 
Cock, Mountain. This bird, which is of the 
fize of a peacock, appears to be of the pheafant 
kind. His neck is long, and of a blackifh colour 
intermixed with light afh-coloured fpots ; his head 
is black; his beak is fhort, broad, and elevated in 
■*Ke tniddk; his breaft and bdly are blackj and-his 
COC 
wing-feathers are pretty long, and of adufl<y bladi^ 
ifh colour. The feathers under his wings, as well 
as his thighs, are whitifh; his legs are covered with 
feathers of a dufky hue down to the toes; and 
there are feveral white fpots on his tail, which, ac-^ 
cording to fome authors, increafe in proportion to 
his age. 
The Cock of the Mountains is a native of vari-> 
ous parts of Europe, and particularly of Ireland 
and Wales ; but he is never feen in England except 
through mere accident. His fiefli, is efteemed very 
delicate food. 
COCKATOO. A very beautiful race of birds 
of the parrot kind, diftinguiihed from all others 
by their elegant crefts. There are feveral diftin6t 
fpecies. 
Cockatoo, Greater. This fpecies, which is 
about the fize of the raven, has a large, ftrong bill, 
with a fkin over the bafe of the upper chap, wiiere 
tiie noftrils are placed. Both the fkin and the bill 
are ofa blueifh-black colour ; and the head is large 
in proportion to the bill. The eyes, which ai-e 
dark, are furrounded with a bafe alh-coloured fl-dn j 
the feathers of the head are very long and loofe j 
but the top ones, which are the longeft, the bird- 
can eredt or deprefs at pleafure. The plumage of 
the Cockatoo is in general white, though tinftured 
w'th other colours in feveral parts. The tail is 
flaort, and confifts of feathers of an equal length; 
the legs and feet are of a lead colour ; and the toes 
refemble thofe of the parrot, of which bird the 
Cockatoo is a variety. It is a native of the Eaffc 
Indies; and is frequently heard to cry ' Cockatoo,* 
with great diftinftnefs of articulation. 
Cockatoo, Great Black. This bird is very 
large, being equal in fize to any of the kind. Thie 
bill is ftrong, very much arched, and of a dufky 
brown colour, with an angle on each fide of the 
upper mandible. The eyes are dark ; the fides of 
the head, from the eyes to the under part of the 
bill, are covered with a red bare corrugated fl<:in; 
the creft is of a lightifh grey colour, the feathers of 
which are pointed and reflefted upwards at their 
tips ; and arc either raifed or deprefted at the plea- 
fure of the bird. The whole plumage, from the 
creft dovv'nwards, is of a blueifh-black or dark lead- 
colour, rather paler on the under fide than on the 
back and wings; the tail is pretty long; and the 
legs and feet are of a brownifh-black hue, and co-* 
vered with a rough fcaly fkin. 
This bird is a native of Ceylon, and other ori^ 
ental regions; and a reprefentation of it, drawn 
from the life, was firft fent to Europe by that very 
induftrious naruralift John Gideon Loten, Efq. a 
Dutch governor in India. 
Cockatoo, White, Yellow-Crested. The 
bill of this fpecies is of a dark afn-coiour, ferrated 
on the fides of the upper mandible. There are 
very long fine yellow feathers on the top of the 
head, v/hich the bird fomzetimes raifes to a fplendid 
creft. The eyes are placed in fpaces of light lead- 
coloured bare fl<in; and the pupils are black, their 
irides being a bright orange. Beneath each eye 
there is a large fpot of yeliov/ feathers; and the 
reft of the plumage, from the head downv/ards, is 
white, except a faint fhade of yellow on the breafty 
the fides under the wings, and the infides of the 
wings. The wings and tail are almoftof an equal 
length ; and the legs and feet are covered with a 
dark blueifn lead-coloured fcaly ildn. 
Cockatoo, White, Red-Vented. This bird 
is about. the, fize of a coiTimon parrot.; the orbit of 
she 
