. Animate creation : popular edition of "Our living world" : a natural history. Zoology; Zoology. 472 DOMESTIC FOWLS. precinct. A besom was kept by the door and always nsed by every one who passed through the yard, for the purpose of repelling the attacks of this savage bird. Many a time have I tried to tire him out, knocking him over with the broom, or pushing liim back against the wall, but I was always tired first, and liad to vacate the premises, leaving him to get on a water-butt and crow forth his triumph. Sometimes he would sli]i past the broom, and then the stroke of his spur
. Animate creation : popular edition of "Our living world" : a natural history. Zoology; Zoology. 472 DOMESTIC FOWLS. precinct. A besom was kept by the door and always nsed by every one who passed through the yard, for the purpose of repelling the attacks of this savage bird. Many a time have I tried to tire him out, knocking him over with the broom, or pushing liim back against the wall, but I was always tired first, and liad to vacate the premises, leaving him to get on a water-butt and crow forth his triumph. Sometimes he would sli]i past the broom, and then the stroke of his spur was no trifle, feeling like the blow of a stone thrown by a strong arm, and leaving a black-and-blue mark for days afterwards. The flesh of the Game breed is very excellent, but they are troublesome birds to keep, the males always fighting among each other, and having to be separated before they are fully grown. Crosses with the Game breed a,re common. An odd-looking creature is the Polish Fowl. Its head is so covered with a monstrous plume of drooping feathers that its features are not more discernible than those of a Skye-. HORNED TRAGOPAN. - Cmomis .^ati/ia. terrier under his thick hair. This wealth of cranial plumage seems, however, to imjioverish the brain, lor the large-crested Polish Fowls are generally stupid birds, and apt to meet with accidents which might easily be avoided. The Spanish Fowl, a very fine variety, is glossy black, with a very large comb, and notable for the white, naked skin below the ear. It is a very large breed, coming next in size to the Cochin China, and very far surpasses that large but uncouth bird in the symmetry of its fonn. The flesh of this breed is excellent, and as tlie hens are regular layers, these birds are deservedly favorites among poultry owners. A bird whose many excellencies have rendered a town famous is the Dorking Fowl. It is short-legged, round-bodied, plump-fleshed, and remarkable for having at least one, and some- times two
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