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like them, (retained for breeding next spring,) and I deem 

 them very superior as Shanghaes. 



u I have never seen their equals for laying early. In one 

 or two cases, the Cochin Chinas I imported, have commenced 

 to lay at four and a half to five months old. These Shanghaes 

 begin, invariably, at early six months old, and they are very 

 prolific, laying large Eggs, and a great many of them, before 

 showing a desire to sit. All things considered, they are cer- 

 tainly a valuable species of Domestic Fowl, and I am highly 

 pleased with them. 



"I have now on the way, direct from Shanghae and Canton, 

 two fresh lots of the ' Cochin Chinas' and ' Shanghaes/ 

 from which, (with the stock I have now reserved,) I shall breed 

 another year. The Fowls above alluded to were ordered in 

 November and December, (a year ago,) and I hope to be in 

 receipt of a fine lot, now, in a few days." 



WHITE SHANGHAE FOWL. 



THERE is a variety of Sbanghaes of the above name. They 

 are entirely white, legs usually feathered, and differ in no ma- 

 terial respect from the red, yellow, and dominique, except in 

 colour. It has been said that they rarely attain to the size of 

 the other varieties. Their legs are yellowish, or reddish-yel- 

 low, and sometimes of flesh-colour. I understand Mr. Giles, 

 of Providence, K I., to prefer them to all others. Their Eggs 

 are of a nankeen or dull-yellow colour, blunt at both ends. The 

 following communication on White Shanghaes, together with ori- 

 ginal drawings, from which the opposite portraits were made, 

 were obligingly furnished by Dr. Eben Wight, of Boston. He 

 keeps his Fowls, of which he has several choice breeds, on his 

 farm, at Dedham, Mass. He says : 



