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while in this condition render the top of the head bare 

 and disfigured. Their coops should be kept clean, and 

 feed supplied them regularly, as they are poor foragers, 

 and little inclined to scratch and wander. Never sitting, 

 they must be raised by other hens; and when first 

 hatched a brood of the White-crested Black look like a 

 line of diminutive grenadiers with white caps. Several 

 gentlemen have turned special attention to improving 

 this family and restoring them to their original purity, 

 and by careful breeding are producing specimens that 

 command the admiration of all. For many reasons we 

 regard the Black and White Polish as the most fascina- 

 ting and desirable breed of fowls for the young amateur 

 to handle, always observing our standing admonition 

 with this as with all other varieties, to breed but one 

 strain, and that as nearly perfect as possible. If your taste 

 fixes upon the White- crested Black, take that and breed 

 for beauty; or upon the White or Golden, give that your 

 best care. Whichever variety you select, give that your 

 special culture. There is no variety that so quickly de- 

 velops the error of a cross and disfigurement of a mix- 

 ture as either variety of Polands, and when carefully 

 and purely bred we know of none giving more pleasure 

 and satisfaction to the breeder, or that can approach 

 them in beauty as ornamental appendages to the yards 

 and lawns of a city or suburban residence, and winning 

 the attention and praise of our most prominent fanciers 

 of pets, while as egg-producers they are not easily ex- 

 celled. 



WHITE-CRESTED WHITE POLISH FOWLS. 



The origin of crested fowls is somewhat obscure. 

 Cuvier and Buffon mention them, but are unable to fix 

 upon their original source. It is supposed that they 



