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THE DOMESTIC FOWL. 51 



THE GOLDEN AND SILVER HAMBURGH FOWL. 



SYNONYMES. Gallus gallinaceus (var.?), of Ray ; Gallina turcica (?), of 

 Aldrovandi ; Coral Grey, Bolton Grey, Bolton Bay, of Lancashire ; Pen- 

 cilled Dutch Fowl (?), Turkish Fowl (?), of Dickson ; Chittiprats, Chete- 

 prats (?), at Keighley, in Yorkshire, England; Golden Hamburgh, Sil- 

 ver Hamburgh, of Dixon ; Creoles, of Wiltshire and other parts of the 

 South of England. 



It is no easy task to reconcile the synonymes of this 

 breed. Aldrovandi, in describing a Turkish cock and 

 two Turkish hens, says : " The cock, whose likeness 

 we now give, is called the Turkish cock. His whole 

 body was, in a manner, inclined to white. Still the 

 wing feathers were partly black, the belly also was 

 black ; the tail consisted of feathers that were partly 

 green, partly black, some also half green, some half 

 black. His whole body was exquisitely adorned with 

 lines that were sometimes golden and sometimes sil- 

 ver, and it is wonderful what a beautiful effect this 

 produced. His legs and feet were tinged with blue. 

 The hen, which in like manner is called Turkish, was 

 all white, sprinkled over with black spots ; the feet 

 tinged with blue ; the wattles were short, when com- 

 pared with those of the male. The next hen would 

 seem the same, except that her; neck was yellowish, 

 and she had a sharp point on the top of her head, 

 her feet altogether blue, and an immaculate tail, 

 * * * * * i have observed another hen of this 

 kind, whose feet were entirely blue, spotted in the 

 same manner as the foregoing with black and white, 

 but behind its fleshy crest it had another of white 

 feathers like a lark, and that part of the neck and 

 shoulders which in the other is black, in this changing 

 from ash color to dirty yellow." 



The figures given in Aldrovandi's large wood cuts 

 are evidently the golden Hamburgh ; the hens, one 

 golden, arid one silver. The very peculiar form of the 

 combj so recognisable at the present time, is clearly 



