POULTRY. 



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of the matter is that 

 one variety does not 

 differ much from an- 

 other except in color 

 of plumage. The il- 

 lustration of Silver- 

 penciled Hamburgs 

 on the preceding page 

 gives a good idea of 

 the shape and gen- 

 eral appearance of 

 the whole Hamburg 

 family. The Silver- 

 penciled Hamburgs 

 were formerly known 

 as Bolton Grays and 

 Creoles, and both the 

 penciled varieties 

 were often called 



WHTTF LEOHOKN COCK. 



"Dutch Everlasting Layers." 

 The Spangled Hnmburgs are 

 the old-fashioned pheasants, 

 improved and named over. 



The Leghorn family is also 

 divided into six varieties 

 White, Brown, Black, Domi- 

 nique, Rose-comb White, and 

 Rose-comb Brown di fieri ng 

 froni each other only in mat- 

 ter of comb and color of plum- 

 age. On this pa.sre we give a 

 fair illustration of the Single- 

 comb White Leghorn cock, 

 and also a hen of the same 

 breed. 



