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on the breast. The Pullets all take after the mother, present- 

 ing a very uniform appearance. 



The following is a sufficiently minute and accurate descrip- 

 tion of this variety. The Cock, when full-grown, stands about 

 twenty-eight inches high, that is, if he be a good specimen 

 the female about twenty-two or twenty-three inches. I have 

 never seen a large comb or heavy wattles on the Hen, at any 

 age ; whereas, the comb of the male is high, deeply indented, 

 and his wattles double and large. I regard, however, as the 

 chief characteristics of this variety, not the comb and wattles, 

 nor even the reddish-yellow feathered leg, but the abundant, 

 soft, and downy covering of the thighs, hips and region of the 

 vent, together with the remarkably short tail and large mound 

 of feathers piled over the upper part of its root, giving rise to 

 a considerable elevation on that part of the rump. It should 

 be remarked, also, that the wings are quite short and small in 

 proportion to the size of the Fowl, and carried very high up 

 the body, thus exposing the whole of the thigh, and a consi- 

 derable portion of the side. These characteristics are not found 

 in the same degree in any other Fowl of which I have any 

 knowledge. This peculiar arrangement of feathers gives the 

 Shanghae Fowl in appearence, what it has in reality, a greater 

 depth of quarter, in proportion to the depth of brisket, than any 

 other Fowl. As to the legs, they are not very peculiar. The 

 colour is usually reddish-white or flesh-colour,, or reddish-yel- 

 low, mostly covered down the outside, even to the end of the 

 toes, with feathers. This last is not always the case. The 

 Stag, in the preceding illustration, has no feathers on his legs, 

 while the Pullets, his sisters, are rather heavily feathered. He 

 is, however, an exception to the rule, so far, at least, as his 

 particular family is concerned. But other families of Shang- 

 haes, equally pure, are but very lightly feathered. A gentle- 

 man of my acquaintance, Mr. A. Newbold, of Philadelphia, re- 

 ceived, in the spring of 1847, from Captain Lockwood, direct 



