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meat. It is known in various parts of England, sometimes under 

 other names to wit, the Coral, the Creole, and the Pencilled Dutch. 

 In some sections of that country it is more highly esteemed than any 

 other fowl. In Pennsylvania it is called the Creole, and is much 

 admired. Where a small number only is. kept for family use, the 

 breed has been thought preferable to all others. The weight rarely 

 exceeds six pounds a pair, but when fat, the deficiency of weight is 

 more than made up by the tender and nutritious qualities of the flesh. 

 The comb is generally double or rose comb, though single combs some- 

 times are shown by xhe thorough-bred fowls. The legs and feet are 

 of a light blue or leaden color. Their ground color is a silver white, 

 that is marked with black or dark blue, in several parts of the body. 

 The tail in both sexes is darker than the body, and by its form adds 

 much to the beauty of the bird. 



The best specimens of Bolton Greys are noted for their fecundity. 

 Some hens will lay daily, for several months in succession, without 

 evincing any desire to sit ; but they are riot all so prolific. They 

 vary in this respect just as cows of a particular breed vary in their 

 milking qualities, or the members of a family in their dispositions and 

 habits. The general character of the variety may be good, but it 

 has numerous exceptions. Taken altogether, however, we do not 

 know of any fowl which is more likely to give satisfaction to the 

 common breeder attractive in its appearance, and, perhaps, as 

 profitable as any. 



BOLTON GREY HENS. 



BONE. The frame-work of animals, constituting the skeleton, is 

 called bone, and is composed of several ingredients, the principal one 

 of which is the earth called the phosphate of lime. This materia-1 



