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have more offal and less breast-meat tliau either Cochins or Brahmas. They 

 are not inclined to ramble, and, on this account, bear confinement much bet- 

 ter than many other breeds. 



THE WHITE SHANGHAE. This variety is entirely white, with the legs 

 usually feathered, and differs in no material respect from the red, yellow, and 

 Partridge, except in color. The legs are yellowish, or reddish-yellow, and 

 sometimes of flesh-color. Many prefer them to all others. It is claimed by 

 the friends of this variety that they are larger and more quiet than other 

 varieties, that their flesh is much superior, their eggs larger, and the hens 

 more profitable. Being more quiet in their habits, and less inclined to ram- 

 ble, the hens are invaluable as incubators and nurses ; and the mildness of 



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their disposition makes them excellent foster-mothers, as they never injure 

 the chickens belonging to other hens. These fowls will rank among the 

 largest coming from China, and are very thrifty in our climate. A cock of 

 this variety attained a weight of eight pounds, at about the age of eight 

 months, and the pullets of the same breed were proportionably large. They 

 are broad on the back and breast, with a body well rounded up ; the plumage 

 white, with a downy softness in the latter respect much like the feathering 

 of the Bremen goose 5 the tail-feathers short and full ; the head small, sur- 

 mounted by a small, single, serrated comb ; wattles long and wide, overlay- 



