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long, slate-blue in young fowls, and a lead- gray when old. The hen is 

 colored like the cock. The cocks are fully mature at a year and a half 

 old and the hens at twelve months. 



IX. Crave Coeurs. 



The Creve Coeurs are among the most elegant and stately of French 

 fowls. Their color is black, reflected with a glistening greenish hue ; 



PAIR OF WHITE-CRESTED BLACK POLISH FOWLS. 



their antler-like, deep crimson combs and crested heads give them a 

 bold, striking and dignified appearance. They are, also, probably the 

 most useful of the French breeds, when we take into consideration then- 

 good feeding qualities, their great merit as steady producers of large 



