328 Birds. 
clear bright legs, without any vestige of feathers. The 
full-bred Bantam cock should have a rose comb, a well- 
feathered tail, full hackles, a. proud lively carriage, and 
ought not to weigh more than a pound. The nankeen 
coloured and the black are the greatest favourites. If of 
the latter colour, the bird should have no feathers of any 
other sort in his plumage. The nankeen bird should 
have his feathers edged with black, his wings barred 
with purple, his tail feathers black, his hackles slightly 
studded with purple, and his breast black, with white 
edges to the feathers. The hens should be small, clean- 
legged, and match in plumage with the cock. 
THE DODO. (Didus ineptus.) 
Swiftness has generally been considered the attribute of 
birds, but the Dodo appears never to have had any title 
to this distinction. Instead of exciting the idea of swift- 
ness by its appearance, in the drawings that have been 
preserved of it, it strikes the imagination as a thing the 
most unwieldy and inactive of all nature. Its body is 
massive, almost round, and covered with grey feathers. 
