I may mention, as the most striking, that the wing is jointed, so that the posterior half, can, at pleasure, be doubled up, and brought forward between the anterior half and the body. The birds can do this at pleasure, and the appearance the manoeuvre... Domestic fowl: their natural history, breeding, rearing, and general management - Page 38by H D. Richardson - 1847 - 115 pagesFull view - About this book
| Agriculture - 1850 - 392 pages
...ascertain, the feathers on the necks of the cocks do not turn upwards, as has been asserted by some; but "the wing is jointed, so that the posterior half can,...brought forward between the anterior half and the body." The general description of this breed appears to agree with that of the queen of England's, as given... | |
| Edmund Saul Dixon - Poultry - 1848 - 388 pages
...disposition of the feathers on the back of the Cock's neck is reversed, these being turned upwards ; the wing is jointed,, so that the posterior half can,...brought forward between the anterior half and the body:" the only foundation for which absurdity is, that in some of the half-grown Cockerels, certain feathers,... | |
| william blackwood - 1849 - 764 pages
...disposition of the feathers on the back of the cock's neck is reversed, these being turned upwards ; the wing is jointed, so that the posterior half can at pleasure be donbled up, and brought forward between the anterior half and the body. I am not aware whether trial... | |
| John C. Bennett - Poultry - 1850 - 326 pages
...fowl possess COCHIN CHINA HEN. other distinctive characteristics, among which the most striking is that the wing is jointed, so that the posterior half...brought forward between the anterior half and the body. The birds can do this at pleasure, and the appearance the manoeuvre imparts to their form has procured... | |
| Daniel Jay Browne - Poultry - 1850 - 342 pages
...disposition of the feathers on the back of the cock's neck is reversed, these being turned upwards ; the wing is jointed, so that the posterior half can,...brought forward between the anterior half and the body ;" the only foundation for which absurdity, is, that in some of the half-grown cockerels, certain feathers,... | |
| Agriculture - 1850 - 778 pages
..."distinctive" traits which he represents as belonging to these fowls, is a peculiar structure of the wing, ''so that the posterior half can, at pleasure, be...brought forward between the anterior half and the body. The birds," he continues, " can do this at pleasure, and the appearance the manœuvre imparts to their... | |
| John C. Bennett - Poultry - 1851 - 338 pages
...fowl possess COCHIN CHINA HEN. * other distinctive characteristics, among which the most striking is that the wing is jointed, so that the posterior half...brought forward between the anterior half and the body. The birds can do this at pleasure, and the appearance the manoeuvre imparts to their form has procured... | |
| H. D. Richardson - Ducks - 1851 - 190 pages
...mention, as the most striking, that the wing is jointed, so that the posterior half can at pleasure he doubled up and brought forward between the anterior half and the body. The birds can do this at pleasure ; and the appearance the manoeuvre imparts to their form has procured... | |
| Agriculture - 1852 - 418 pages
...size, however, these fowls possess other distinctive characteristics, among which may be mentioned, as the most striking, that the wing is jointed, so...brought forward between the anterior half and the body. The birds can do this at pleasure; and the appearance the manœuvre imparts to their form has procured... | |
| James Dunwoody Brownson De Bow - Industries - 1852 - 580 pages
...comb is of moderate size, serrated, and the wattles are double. The wing is strikingly peculiar; it is jointed, '• so that the posterior half can, at...brought forward between the anterior half and the body. The bird can do this at pleasure, and the appearance the manoeuvre imparts to their form has procured... | |
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