FOWLS 



FIG. 40. Dark Brahma hen 



that until the middle of the 

 the birds were brought 

 in small numbers for 

 friends of sailors or for 

 persons particularly in- 

 terested in poultry, and 

 at that time there was 

 no means of communi- 

 cation between fanciers 

 in different localities. 



Japanese races. Al- 

 though the Japanese 

 races of fowls had no 

 particular influence on 

 the development of poul- 

 try culture in America, 

 they are of great inter- 

 est in a study of poul- 

 try types, because, when 



Chinese races. In China a 

 type of fowl in some ways much 

 like the Malay, in others quite 

 different, had been developed 

 as the common stock of the 

 country. They were about as 

 tall as the Malays, much heav- 

 ier, and very quiet and docile. 

 They were of various colors, 

 had feathers on the shanks 

 and feet, and laid brown eggs. 

 Some of these fowls were 

 brought to America in sailing 

 vessels very early in the last 

 century and occasionally after 

 century, but attracted no attention, for 



FIG. 41. Dark Brahma cockerel 



