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THE POULTRY -BOOK. 



are now acquainted with, being, beyond doubt, the immediate and 

 almost unmixed descendant of the ' Gallus giganteus,' or great 

 wild cock of St. Jago. The three varieties of Polish fowl are 



1. The Spangled Polish. A bird of extraordinary beauty, 

 extremely scarce, arid very difficult to be procured. This fowl 

 presents a symmetrical and regular combination of the follow- 

 ing colors, namely, a bright orange, a clear white, a brilliant 

 green, and a jetty black, softened down with a rich and pure 

 brown, every feather being tipped with white, so as to produce 

 the effect whence has been derived the term of singled. The 

 color of the hen is a "prevailing golden yellow, with white 



