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is not usual. They have large and single combs and wattles, 

 large cheeks, rather short tails and small wings in proportion 

 to their bodies." 



From the following paragraph it seems that Mr. G. P. Burn- 

 ham secured some of the fowls from the Doctor, which is quite 

 likely, as it appears from the writings of Mr. Burnham that he 

 and the Doctor, as he alludes to him, were very friendly. In a 

 letter to the Massachusetts Ploughman, Mr. Burnham describes 

 them as follows : 



"The cock here represented weighs nine pounds and a quar- 

 ter, and the two pullets thirteen pounds. The stock came from 

 Dr. Bennett and I am daily more and more pleased with this fine 

 species. I have the 'Plymouth Rocks' at all ages now from a 

 few days up to about eight months old ; and my specimens em- 



Halftone reproduction of a colored lithograph of Plymouth Rocks by 

 Porter in Stoddard's PouKry World, 1879. This shape was popular dur- 

 ing the 80's and was copied to represent birds of that period. It shows 

 a substantial and rugged type. This pair represent a larger, heavier type, 

 with color of plumage and shape of combs considerably improved over 

 those of the pair published in Poultry World, 1873. 



