292 HAMBURGH FOWLS. 



Bolton Bay is another provincial term for the Golden Hani- 

 burgh, as Bolton Gray is for the Silver. In order clearly to fix 

 the momenclature, by the comparison of individual specimens 

 of different localities, I purchased in H^ngerfbrd market, some 

 birds that had been imported from Holland, another specimen 

 of Herring in the New Road, and lately have been kindly sup- 

 plied with a pair of Bays, and also of Grays, from Bolton, in 

 Lancashire, and also with a Creole Hen from Wiltshire. The 

 result of the comparison, and of the unanimous opinion of the 

 London Poulterers, is, that the varieties of Hamburgh, two 

 Golden and two Silver, include all these synonyms. The Bol- 

 ton Bay from Lancashire, differed most in her markings from 

 the normal type, which we will suppose represented by Aldro- 

 vandi's Turkish Hen ; but all the main points were correct, 

 and for this difference I had been prepared. " When you re- 

 ceive your Boltons, be sure that you do not draw any conclu- 

 sions from their colour alonej for that is extremely varied. 

 Many -are quite as handsomely marked as the Spangled Poland 

 or the Pheasant Malay." The Bay Hen I received, was marked 

 very like a Golden Poland, (the crest, of course, being quite 

 absent,) but that the ground of the plumage was of much richer 

 and browner hue. Those persons, therefore, who wish to pro* 

 cure Hamburgh Fowls from Lancashire, should be precise in 

 their instructions, according to the description shortly to be 

 given. The Bolton Fowls average in that town 3s. each, which 

 is cheap for those who wish to obtain a stock of any of these 

 very distinct varieties. All the birds that I received were 

 very good specimens. The male Golden Hamburgh is a par- 

 ticularly beautiful creature } nothing but a full-sized coloured 

 drawing can give an adequate idea of the extremely rich colour- 

 ing and brilliant lustre of his plumage. It has been men- 

 tioned in the previous note, that the males of the Bolton Grays 

 differ somewhat in the quantity of black, or dark gray which 

 they wear, as also do those of the Silver Spangled. The Hens, 



