. Domesticated animals : their relation to man and to his advancement in civilization. Domestic animals. 158 DOMESTICA TED ANIMALS been brought about in the minds of these creatures consists in the very great diminution in the combative motive of the males. In the wild forms, as well as in the kindred variety of the game-cock, this impulse to battle attains a truly phe-. Cochins Leghorns Game nomenal development, the like of which is probably not to be found in any other creature. The male birds begin their warfare before they are more than half grown, and in their adult state will attack anyt
. Domesticated animals : their relation to man and to his advancement in civilization. Domestic animals. 158 DOMESTICA TED ANIMALS been brought about in the minds of these creatures consists in the very great diminution in the combative motive of the males. In the wild forms, as well as in the kindred variety of the game-cock, this impulse to battle attains a truly phe-. Cochins Leghorns Game nomenal development, the like of which is probably not to be found in any other creature. The male birds begin their warfare before they are more than half grown, and in their adult state will attack anything which they can conceive to be an enemy. They will, with slight provocation, assail any of the other domesticated species of birds, and even the lesser mammals, such as the dogs and cats. They will fight. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Shaler, Nathaniel Southgate, 1841-1906. New York : C. Scribner's Sons
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