VARIETIES OF DOMESTIC FOWL. 



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THE BOLTON GRAYS, OR CREOLE FOWL. 



Mowbray gives an accurate description of this variety, as 

 follows : 



" Small-sized, short in the leg, and plump in the make. The 

 color of the genuine kind, invariably pure white in the whole 

 cappel of the neck ; the body white, thickly spotted with bright 

 black, sometimes running into a grizzle, with one or more black 

 bars at the extremity of the tail ; they are chiefly esteemed as 

 very constant layers, though their color would mark them for 

 good table food." if 



These fowls derive their name from having been originally 

 bred at Bolton, in Lancashire, England, and are much esteemed. 

 In Pennsylvania they have the jiame of Creole ; but why, it is 

 difficult to say. They are said to be a very hardy fowl, and 

 maintain their reputation for laying, under this name, as well 

 as by their more appropriate designation. 



