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deaf ears ; taper blue legs, and ample tails. The carriage of the cock is gay 

 and majestic ; his shape is symmetrical, and appearance indicative of cheer- 

 fulness. The hens, of both varieties, should have the body clearly penciled 

 across with several bars of black, and the hackle in both sexes should be per- 

 fectly free from dark marks. These birds are imported in large numbers 

 from Holland to England, from whence we derived the breed; but those now 

 bred in this country are far superior to the imported bird both in size and 

 beauty of plumage. 



SPANGLED HAMBURG. Of the Speckled or Spangled variety, which is 



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becoming a great favorite with many breeders in this country, there are two 

 kinds - the Golden and Silver-Speckled. The general color of the former is 

 golden, or orange-yellow, each feather having a glossy dark brown or black 

 tip, particularly remarkable on the hackles of the^cock and the wing-coverts, 

 and also oh the darker feathers of the breast. The plumage of the hen is 

 yellower orange-brown, and in like manner being marginal with glossy black. 

 The Silver-Spangled breed is distinguished by the ground color of the 

 feathers being of a silver white, with perhaps a tinge of straw yellow, every 

 feather should, however, be margined with glossy black. Both of these 



