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pounds of excellent flesh. They are said to have been produced by a 

 cross between the White Dorkings and the f awn-colored Turkish fowl. 



V. Black Dorkings. 



The black Dorkings differ but little from the other varieties. They are, 

 however, thought to '^e more hardy than the other sub-families ; the hens 

 are good layers and careful nurses, and the eggs are large. According 

 to Wright, the pui-e-breds are jet black; the neck of some cocks tmged 



PAIR OF WHITE INDIAN GAMES. 



with gold, and the hens silver tmged ; the comb usually double, short, 

 sometimes cupped, but sometimes single; the wattles small; the tail 

 feathers shorter and broader than those of the "White Dorking ; the legs 

 black, short, and with the two under toes separate and distinct. 



VI. Bolton Grays or Creoles. 



This breed, once famous in England, was said to have been bred with 

 such nicety that individual fowls could scarcely be distinguished one from 

 another. They are great layers ; not inclined to set ; short-legged ; plump j 

 medium-sized ; the eggs, however, rather small ; the color is white, thick- 

 ly spotted with black as to the neck and body, with black bars at the ex- 

 tremity of the tail. 



