Fomaces,

Pole Cats,

Gockoos,

(Hngers,

Bed Dons,

Dons,

Smoky Dons,

in all of which good birds may be foond.
It has always been a matter of sorprise to me, to see the
wonderfol avidity, even in experienced breeders, in expressing
a wish of obtaining a single cock from a day's fight, that has
exhibited something oot of the common rootine of pky, in or-
der to breed from, when I have been sensible of the impro-



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priety of the cross he was destined to make, in &6t, with hens
that were as dissimilar in feather and other necessary similari-
ties, as possible. If nniformity in their general appearance is
absolutely necessary in forming a regular breed, I cannot help
expressing my wonder at well-informed men running into an
error so fatal to the welfare of judicious breeding ; and which
must convince a reflecting mind, that from such unnatural or
at least incompatible crosses we are indebted to the public for
such a strange medley of colours as we see in every main, when
a few years' attention would exhibit cocks of a very different
stamp. From such incongruous mixtures, we see

1.
The Pheasant-breasted Red,

2.
The large spot-breasted Red,

8.
The blotched-breasted Red,
which are all produced by some inaccuracy of breeding.
4.
The Turkey-breasted Qrey,

6.
The large marble-breasted Ghrey,

6.
The large spot-breasted Grey,
have a cross that does not belong to the true Grey.
7.
The shady-breasted Birchin Duck,



18 THE COCKER.
8.
The streaky-breasted Birckm Duck^

9.
The marbled-bredatsd Birchin Duck^

have aUio a eroBS different from the tnie feather of the Birchin
Dnoks.
