Rooster other calls as well, and can cluck, similar to the hen. Roosters occasionally make a patterned series of clucks to attract hens to a source of food, the same way a mother hen does for her chicks. Rooster crowing contests are a traditional sport in several countries, such as Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, the United States, Indonesia and Japan. The oldest contests are held with longcrowers. Depending on the breed, either the duration of the crowing or the times the rooster crows within a certain time is measured. A capon is a castrated rooster. In the caponization procedure, the bird's
S Uciredor S Uciredor Rodericus (or S Uciredor) was a French composer of the 14th century. Nothing is known of Rodericus's life, although it has been suggested that he is Rodrigo de la Guitarra, since Rodrigo is the only known contemporaneous musician with the same name. He is known through a single ballade attributed to him in the Chantilly Codex as S Uciredor, which is "Rodericus" spelled backwards. The piece, "Angelorum Psalat", is in two voices and is an exemplary work of the Ars subtilior style, similar to that of Jacob Senleches. "Angelorum Psalat" exhibits considerable rhythmic complexity and its text employs