142 VARIETIES OP SHANGHAE FOWL. 



stance that one of the progeny, a Cock, not yet eight months 

 old, being one of the first brood hatched, weighs fully eight 

 pounds, and the Pullets are proportionably large. They are 

 broad on the back and breast, with a body well rounded up ; 

 the plumage white, with a downy softness in this respect 

 much like the feathering of the Bremen Goose; the tail 

 feathers short and full; the head small, surmounted by a~ 

 small, single, serrated comb ; wattles long and wide, overlay- 

 ing the cheek-piece, which is also large and extending back on 

 the neck ; the legs are of a yellow hue, approaching a flesh- 

 colour, and feathered to the ends of the toes. 



EBEN WIGHT. 



Dedham, Mass., December 5th, 1850. 



