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FOWLS. 



Chat. VII. 



The following sub-breeds agree in having a crest, more or less 

 developed, with the comb, when present, of crescentic shape. The 

 skull presents nearly the same remarkable peculiarities of structure 

 as in the true Polish fowl. 



Sub-breed (a) Sultans. — A Turkish breed, resembling white 

 Polish fowls with a large crest and beard with short and well- 



Flg. 32.— Polish Fowl. 



feathered legs. The tail is furnished with additional sickle feathers 

 Do not incubate. 2 



Sub-breed (b) Ptarmigans. — An inferior breed closely allied to 



2 The best account of Sultans is by 

 Miss Watts in 'The Poultry Yard,' 

 1856, p. 79. I owe to Mr. Brent's- 



kindness the examination of some 

 specimens of this breed. 



