VARIETIES OF DOMESTIC FOWL. 



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THE GREAT MALAY FOWL. 



" The Malay fowl has, as its name implies, been brought, 

 originally, from the peninsula of that name, at the southern 

 point of the continent of Asia. He stands very high on the 

 legs, is long-necked, serpent-headed, and is in color usually a 

 dark brown, streaked with yellow, sometimes, however, white 

 His form and appearance are grand and striking in the extreme, 

 and he is no small embellishment to the poultry-yard. This 

 fowl is also frequently, but erroneously, called the Chittngong 



