1126 CYCLOPEDIA OF LIVE STOCK AND COMPLETE STOCK DOCTOR. 



X. Frizzled Fowls. 



Among the most curious of the gallinaceous tribe are the frizzled fowls, 

 originally said to have been brought from Java, and occasionally fouiKl 

 in the collections of amateur fanciers. The color should be pure white, 

 though there are varieties bred brown and also black. Their peculiarity 

 consfsts in their feathers being frizzled or rolled back. They are not 

 useful, and their only value consists in their curious appearance. 



JPAIK or SILKY FOWLS. 



XI. Rumpless Fowls. 



Rumpless fowls have been known for centuries at least. They were 

 known in Virginia in the last century, and Buffon would have had the 

 generation for whom he wrote believe, that short tails, or the want of 

 tails was a characteristic of American animated creation ; and he gravely 

 accepted as truth that Englisa fowls gradually lost their tails when trans- 

 planted to America. If he nad been better informed he would have 

 known that Aldrovandus described the rumpless fowls more than a hun- 

 dred years before his time. It is the Persian or rumpless cock of 

 Latham. They have been bred of various colors, including black. The 

 most fashionable variety now is pure white, with a small single comb as 

 shown in the illustration. Rumpless bantams have also been bred. I' 



