Note 17 — PART III. THE GENETIC AND THE OPERATIVE EVIDENCE.

It might be supposed that this bird was really a cock which had been changed for a hen; but the following facts put this matter beyond a doubt: First, there was no other pyed pea-fowl in the country. Secondly, the hen had knobs on her toes, which were the same after her change. Thirdly, she was as small after the change as before, therefore too small for a cock. Fourthly, she was a favorite bird, and was generally fed by the lady, and used to come for her meat, which she still continued to do after the change in the feathers.