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The Ruff and Reeve. Avis p u g n a x .
Numb. LXXII, and LXXIII.
ITS Length from the Tip of the Bill to the End of the Tail is twelve
Inches anda half; Breadth when the Wings are extended twenty five
inches; Weight fix Ounces; its Bill is one Inch and a half long, of a yellow
Colour; the fore-part of the Head is of a dufky cinereous Colour
fpotted with red ; theupper part of the Ruff and Top ofthe Head is of a
E S S S S s T ^ uUnderp,art bkck’ a^alfotheBreaft; the lower
K , ? 7 an.d i S S f e arC Whlte; the Back and covert Feathers ofthe
W gs, and feveral of the quill Feathers next the Body, are of a pale
cinereous Colour fpotted with black, and the firft five or fix prime Fea-
Knee are f c F bkck\ The Legs three Inches anda half to the
Knee are of an Orange Colour, and bare of Feathers more than halfway above
Tint, the back Toe fmall, the Claws black, and almoft ftreight: In the
Plumage of the Cocks there is fuch a wonderful and almoft infinite Vari-
ety in their Colours, that in Spring Time there can fcarce be found
any two e.xa<ftly alike, but after Midfummer, when they have moulted
their Feathers* they fay they become all alike again. The Length of the
hemale is nine Inches and a half; Breadth nineteen Inches; they are of a
’ S S l Backand Wing* fpotted with black;
C o lo n 7 t S S m V th e L e g S a n d F e e t a r e o f a n « r a n g e Colour ; They never change their Colours ; their Stomach within is
Ti T l / F k r aigf- M M breed in Summer in the Fens of
Urcolnfhtre zbantCrowland-, they are fatted with white Bread and Milk,
eing ihutup mclofe dark Rooms; for if you let them fee the Light, they
prefently fall a fighting, never giving over till the one has killed the other.
{ owlers ™ hen they fee them intent upon fighting, fpread their Nets
anvf Ruff ’ 'H u 3' ? thCu they arC aware‘ The Hens never have
When 11 T ! i , any immediatelyafter moulting Time:
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