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the Turkish fowl described long ago by Aldrovandiis. Tegetmeier says 

 of them, that perhaps no variety of fowl ever rejoiced in more synonyms 

 than this very pretty, and, in suitable situations, profitable breed; they 

 have been long termed Bolton Grays, from being extensively and success- 

 fully cultivated in and about Bolton, in Lancashire; Creoles, from the 

 intermixture of the black and white in their plumage ; Creels, which is a 

 provincial mode of pronouncing Creoles; Corals, because the numerous 

 j)oints of their polished, bright scarlet rose combs bear no distant resem- 

 blance to red coral; Penciled Dutch, because many are imported from 

 Holland; Dutch Every-day Layers and Everlasting^^, for the same rea- 



CORNISH INDIAN GAME HEN. 



BLACK HAMBURG HEN. 



son, and their great productiveness as layers; and Chitteprats, the deri- 

 vation of which is not so obvious. Chitteface, according to Bailey, the 

 lexicographer, means a meagre child; and Chitteprat, if intended to de- 

 scribe a diminutive hen, would not be misapplied to one of this variety. 

 The general characters of Penciled Hamburgs may be thus stated: 

 They are birds of small size, compact and neat in form, sprightly and 

 cheerful in carriage: In the plumage on the body of the hens, each 

 feather (with the exception of those of the neck-hackle, which should be 

 perfectly free from dark marks) is penciled with several transverse bars 

 of black on a clear ground, which is white in the silver, and a rich bay in 

 the golden birds. These pencilings have given rise to the name of the 



