ORIGIN AND VARIETIES OF FARM BIRDS. 



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X. Guinea-Fowls. ' 



Guinea fowls are of two varieties and are now quite widely dissemi- 

 nated The varieties are, the pearl and the white, the latter yet rather 

 rare ' They have been grouped by naturalists into a number of varieties, 





A TRIO OF GUINEAS. 



but the distinction «as more fanciful than real, since all ^e varieties 

 readily mate one with the other, and the progeny arc contmuously fertile 



'"xhtir' original home may be inferred from their generic name Nnm- 

 ida; they come from Numidia and other portions of Africa from Gam- 



WHITE GUINEA-FOWL. 



Ha to the Gaboon. The so called Cape Verde and J^"''-;- Gm";''" 

 fowls are undoubtedly descendants of these, become wild after having 

 been carried there. The cuts of the white and speckled species will give a 



