DOMESTIC FOWL. 2! 



from top-knot ; hackles shining black ; tail inclining towards the 

 head, but plumed ; legs blue or black, flesh white and delicate, 

 eggs of an extraordinary large size, chickens easily reared. The 

 well-known philanthropist, C. B. Newenham, Esq., of Dundanian 

 Castle, Cork, who has done so much towards alleviating the dis- 

 tresses of the south, and in promoting the renewal and cultivation 

 of the potato, first introduced those birds, from South America, 

 and has favoured me with some splendid specimens. A. W< Baker, 

 Esq., of Bally tobin House, near Callan, had them from me, and 

 produced a splendid lot of beautiful chickens, from them, at the 

 last Kilkenny Agricultural Show. They are found to be good 

 layers, of the largest eggs of the whole poultry tribe, and the 

 chickens easily reared. They can with confidence be recommended 

 as first-rate layers of the largest eggs, good sitters, good mothers, 

 and excellent table fowl. 



THE BLACK POLISH FOWL, 



With white top-knot, cannot be confounded with either of the 

 preceding, though of equally black, metallic plumage. The con- 

 trast of their beautiful white top-knot with their black coat, at 

 once distinguishes them from any other fowl. They are truly 

 ornamental, lay abundantly, a moderate-sized egg. It is difficult 

 to say from whence they originally came. The best specimens, 

 of the present day, are procured from Holland. The cock weighs 

 about 6 Ibs., and the hen about 5 Ibs. ; the male bird stands about 

 20 inches, and the female about 18 inches. The beautiful white 

 top-knot, of a well-bred cock, is parasol-shaped, hanging down 

 over his beak and eyes, fronted with a few black feathers ; the 

 comb, as in all highly-crested fowl, is diminutive, and consists 

 of two small points, close to the beak ; wattles short and round ; 

 hackles, as the rest of the plumage, black ; tail with the cock's 

 plume ; legs blue or black ; skin and flesh white. No difficulty in 

 rearing the cliickens. 



WHITE POLISH FOWL. 



Doctor Bechstein, the well-known German author, describes a 

 purely white fowl, with black top-knot, to be had in his country. 

 Those birds I have never seen, but have been told that they did 

 exist here. I can find no trace of them, now, in Great Britain 



