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white face are important characteristics ; the comb of the cocks high, 

 firm, single and deeply serrated, while in the hens it will often fall over 

 on one side ; the wattles large, long, and of the deepest vermilion color, 

 as is also the comb. 



Xn. Hamburg Fowls— Black Hamburg. 



All the Hamburg fowls have these constant characteristics : Bright, 

 double combs, firmly fixed, and ending in a long point behind and some- 

 what turned up ; medium size ; upright carriage ; long upright tails, and 

 long flowing plume feathers. They are hardy and robust, great layers 

 of excellent flavored eggs, but seldom sit, even when they have a free 

 range, and almost never when kept confined. 



The black Hamburg is one of the best of fowls for farms where free 

 range can be had and plenty of eggs are desired. They will lay even in 

 the coldest weather if given warm quarters and warm food. The eggs 

 are not large, but they make up in quality what they lack in size. The 

 plumage should be deep black, relieved with a metallic lustre, 

 xni. Penciled Hamburgs. 



There are two varieties, — viz.. Golden and Silver penciled, as there are 

 two varieties of Spangled Hamburgs, the Golden and the Silver. In fact. 



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60LDEN PENCILED HAMBmtGS. 



the Silver penciled variety are probably but little different from the okf 

 BoltoD Gray, previously descnbed*-flTi(^ descendwJ probably direct Umi 



