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the Polish increase much in size and beauty the second 

 moult." 



Another list kindly furnished by Mr. Alfred Whitaker, 



gives 



LBS. OZ. 



Pheasant-Malay cocks, two years old, (average,) 7 

 Ditto cockerel, five months old, . . .70 



Ditto hen, 51 



Ditto pullet, seventeen months old, . . .53 

 Ditto, (crossed with Dorking hen,) four years old, 5 8 

 Speckled Surrey hen, two years old, . . 5 12 



Spanish hen, . . . . . . .50 



Two Dorking cocks, each, . . . ..70 



Ditto hens, 68 



Ditto, ditto, ... ... 6 12 



Cock turkey, two years and a half old, . . 17 12 

 Hen ditto, one year and a half old, . . . 10 



Ditto, ditto, 99 



Musk drake (moulting ) . . . . . 9 12 



Mr. Dixon's own poultry yard gave the following 



weights : 



LBS. OZ. 



Turkey cock, sixteen months old, . . .16 

 Ditto hen, three or four year old, . ..86 



White, China gander, six years old, . . . 12 13 



White, China goose, 11 13 



Common China goose, (cynoides,) six years old. 10 10 

 Cochin-China cock, about sixteen months old, 



moulting, ... . . . . .65 



Ditto hen, ditto, ditto, 4 6 



Malay cock, ditto, ditto, 6 14 



Ditto hen, ditto, ditto, 4 8 



Pheasant-Malay cock, . . . ..57 



Ditto Malay hen, moulting, . . . .38 



Game cockerel, about five months old, . ..42 

 Golden Hamburgh cockerel, just arrived from a 



long journey, about five months old, . .38 

 Ditto pullet, ditto, ditto, . 2 4 



Cochin-China cockerel, six months old, . . 4 14 



Another, ditto, . . . 4 13j 



Silver Hamburgh cockerel, after travelling, about 



five months old, . . . . ..31 



Ditto pullet, ditto, ditto, . 2 8 



