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CHAPTER XIX. 



THE DUNGHILL FOWL. 



THIS is sometimes called the Barn-door Fowl, and is cha~ 

 racterized by a thin, serrated, upright comb, and wattles pend- 

 ing from each side of the lower mandible ; the tail rises in an 

 arch, above the level of the rump; the feathers of the neck and 

 rump are long and line-like ; and the colour is finely variega- 

 ted. The female's comb and wattles are smaller than those 

 of the Cock ; is, herself, less in size, and her colours are more 

 dull and sombre. In the best specimens of this variety, the 

 legs should be white and smooth, like those of the Dorking, 

 and their bodies round and plump ; being mongrels, they breed 

 all colours, and are usually from 5 to 7 or 8 Ibs. per pair. 



THE DOMINIQUE FOWL. 



THIS seems to be a tolerably distinct and permanent variety, 

 about the size of the common Dunghill Fowl. Their combs 

 are generally double, or rose, as it is sometimes called, and 

 the wattles small. Their plumage presents all over a sort of 

 greenish appearance, from a peculiar arrangement of white and 

 blue feathers, which is the chief characteristic of the variety. 

 They are hardy, excellent layers, and capital incubators. I 

 would use them in preference to any other for hatching out the 

 Eggs of the larger kinds. 



