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HAMBURGH FOWLS. 



The Hamburgh Fowls are, beyond all other breeds, especial 

 favourites in the Midland and Northern Counties; they are 

 zealously cultivated there in all their sub- varieties ; and a visit 

 to the great Birmingham show, having afforded a good oppor- 

 tunity of comparing their markings and nomenclature, a sort 

 of family tree of the breed is given for the guidance of distant 

 Fanciers. We comprise the whole race under the denomina- 

 tion of 



HAMBURGHS. 



The terms "Silver and Gold Pheasant" are admitted into this 

 list, simply to point out what they are not: the sooner they 

 are discarded, the better. Mr. James Bissell, of Bradford 

 Street, Birmingham, an enthusiastic and able amateur, thus 

 gives his opinion : 



" I like very much your forming the Moonies, Moss Fowl, 

 Chittaprats, and Bolton Bays, into one family of Hamburghs, 

 and think you will, with a careful specification of the sub- 

 varieties, for ever set this point in dispute at rest. I can see 

 no objection (except old associations) why the term 'Pheasant' 

 should not at once be abandoned in both the Silver and 

 Golden varieties ; it has doubtless given rise to much that is 



