APPENDIX. 



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THE CHITTAGONG- FOWL. 



THIS portrait (drawn by that eminent artist, F. A. Duri- 

 vage, Esq., from life, and engraved by Henry Marsh, noted 

 for his great accuracy and ability) represents a hen purchased 

 by me for Mr. Joseph A. Sampson, of Duxbury, of Asa Rugg, 

 Esq., of Kensington, Philadelphia. This individual is unques- 

 tionably the largest hen in America, weighing THIRTEEN POUNDS 

 AND FOUR OUNCES ! The description of this imperial bird will 

 be found under the head of its variety, in the body of this 

 work ; but the portrait is presented here, on account of the 

 peculiar merits of this particular specimen. She is of the 

 Brown Chittagong variety, her plumage being of a yellowish- 

 brown, with the feathers tipped with black, producing a spot- 

 ted appearance. She has five toes on each foot, as is some- 

 times the case with all the varieties of the Chittagong and 

 Shanghae races. 



With regard to the Imperial Chittagong race, (the Gallus 

 giganteus,) as compared with the Royal Cochin China, Mr. 

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