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which hang under the cheek. 4— The tufts of little feathers, which cover and 
protect the auditory organ. 5— The cheeks, which commence at the beginning 
near the nostrils, cover all the face and re unite behind the head by a continue., 
tion of the flesh of the same nature, but covered with feathers. 6— The nostrils, 
which are at the beginning 'f the beak. 7— The beak, of which the two parts, 
the upper and lower mandible, are horny. 
The head of the cock, as of the hen, is composed of two principal 
parts : 1st, the skull is a firm union of bones, which include the upper 
part, or mandible, of the beak ; 2nd, the lower part or mandible of the 
beak, being the lower jaw-bone, formed by a single piece. In the skull 
are the sockets or cavities which contain the eye ; the nostrils are in front 
of the eye ; the auditory organ, or ear, is behind the eye. The head, ex- 
cepting the beak, is entirely covered by a fleshy covering, round which 
may be seen several appendages or caruncles, which are the crest, the two 
ear-lobes, and the two ear-wattles. This oovering forms the cheeks, the 
color, the size ; the form of each of these parts is varied according to the 
variety, and often serves to characterize each. A tuft of short feathers 
called “the tuft” covers the auditory organ. 
.analysis of wiNQ plttwao* (See following Page) . 
The comb is straight or drooping ; it is single when it is composed 
of only one piece, double when there are two alike united or near together, 
ft is triple when it is tormed oi two alike and one in the middle ; it is 
frizzled when full of granulations more or less deep, and erect excrescences, 
it ifl a crown when it is circular, hollow, uud indented ; it is goblet shaped 
