. Natural history of birds, fish, insects, and reptiles . Teacoeh. «F BIRDS, FISH, 6CC. 17y OF THE COCK. FAMILIAR as this bird is to all, yet its va-riety is so great, that the most able naturalistshave invariably expressed a difficulty in point-ing out its distinctive characters, and for thigobvious reason, that there are scarcely two birdsof this species that exactly resemble each otherin plumage and form. If we take for the markof the genus its four toes, what then becomesof ^the peculiar species which has five on *? if the erect and peculiar position of thetail be a
. Natural history of birds, fish, insects, and reptiles . Teacoeh. «F BIRDS, FISH, 6CC. 17y OF THE COCK. FAMILIAR as this bird is to all, yet its va-riety is so great, that the most able naturalistshave invariably expressed a difficulty in point-ing out its distinctive characters, and for thigobvious reason, that there are scarcely two birdsof this species that exactly resemble each otherin plumage and form. If we take for the markof the genus its four toes, what then becomesof ^the peculiar species which has five on *? if the erect and peculiar position of thetail be assumed, there is a species wholly desti-tute of this character. If we would say thatthe cock is only feathered to the lower joint ofthe Icfr, there are some breeds which are fea-thered even to the toes, and that of Japan hasfeathers evQn to the very nails. In fine, if wewould class him among granivorous birds, wemust allow some latitude even in this, since he * Tliis is certainly a hen, and even very ancient, forColumella speaks of it as a distinpuished race: Genero
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