PLATE XXXVI. 
The Bantam Hen. 
./\.S this plate is fo exafl a portrait from the life, of a fowl fo well known, I have only to add fome 
few remarks. Their fize, and the beauty of their fymmetry, caufe them to be univerfally admired: 
This bird when alive and in full flelh weighed only fifteen ounces; the portrait is fomewhat reduced 
for the conveniency of the plate. For delicacy of flavour they excell all other fowls, and their eggs 
are equally delicious ; in their properties they are the fame as the common fowls, only that their 
chickens require more care in rearing. Thefe fowls are much fought after, as they lay a greater 
number of eggs than the common fort. Some are beautifully muffed, and feathered to their very 
claws. They are of a fpirited nature, and will encounter with any other fowl, be it ever fo large. 
