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Dutch breed, which, from a similar circumstance, have been 

 styled l Every-day layers. 1 



3. This variety of Polish fowl is the most pure and unmixed 

 of the three ; it is, indeed, the uncontaminated descendant of 

 the great fowl of St. Jago. Its color is a brilliant white, with 

 a jet-black top-knot. This variety was described by Aldrovand, 

 and more recently by Dr. Bechstein. I have never myself seen 

 a specimen of the breed, and have every reason to suppose it to 

 be extinct, or very nearly so. Applications have been made to 

 several persons in both Germany and Poland, connected with 

 the poultry fancy, for the purpose of procuring specimens of 

 these birds at any cost, but the answers returned were, without 

 one exception, that they were no longer to be had." 



Of this third variety there are some beautiful specimens in 

 this country. Their qualities are the same as the Black Poland 

 fowl, but they are decidedly handsomer. 



