[403] Ferguson on Rare and Prize Poultry, p. 261.
[404] Mowbray on Poultry, 7th edit. 1834, p. 13.
[405] See the full description of the varieties of the Game-breed, in Tegetmeier's 'Poultry Book,' 1866, p. 131. For Cuckoo Dorkings, p. 97.
[406] Mr. Hewitt in Tegetmeier's 'Poultry Book,' 1866, pp. 246 and 156. For hen-tailed game-cocks, see p. 131.
[407] 'The Field,' April 20th, 1861. The writer says he has seen half-a-dozen cocks thus sacrificed.
[408] 'Proceedings of Zoolog. Soc.' March, 1861, p. 102. The engraving of the hen-tailed cock just alluded to was exhibited at the Society.
[409] 'The Field,' April 20th, 1861.
[410] I am much indebted to Mr. Brent for an account, with sketches, of all the variations of the comb known to him, and likewise with respect to the tail, as presently to be given.
[411] The 'Poultry Book,' by Tegetmeier, 1866, p. 234.
[412] 'Die Hühner und Pfauenzucht,' 1827, s. 11.