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THE POULTRY-BOOK. 



BLAKE'S SPANISH FOWL. 



This plate represents a fowl belonging to Mr. Francis Blake, 

 of Boston, who has obligingly furnished the annexed descrip- 

 tion. Mr. Blake's fowls were exhibited at the late fowl fair 

 in Boston, and excited very general admiration. The portrait 

 is very accurate, and is taken from the life. 



" These fowls were imported by me from England early in 

 the winter of 1847. Being exposed to the severity of the sea- 

 son, and being debilitated by the voyage, the comb of the cock 

 suffered from the cold, as its present appearance indicates, being 

 smooth upon the top, instead of being indented. He soon recov- 



