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appointed, or find that he could have procured as good if not 

 better, nearer home, at much less delay and expense. 



Notwithstanding Mr. Rugg's general accuracy, I consider 

 him decidedly in error in confounding the Royal Cochins with 

 the Shanghaes. This point is fully settled in the body of this 

 work. 



It will be observed that the descriptions in the work begin 

 with Mr. Burnham's Imperial Chittagong ; and it is deemed 

 suitable and graceful to conclude it with the splendid specimen 

 in Mr. Sampson's possession. 



Subsequent editions of this work will be embellished with 

 portraits from life, by the same distinguished and excellent 

 artist, F. A. Durivage, Esq., of my Pride of India fowl, from 

 my own stock ; my South American Eagle fowl, (a very rare 

 and singular bird,) from the stock of .1. Jacob Bower, Esq.^ 

 of Baltimore, and now in possession of Mr. William Nicker- 

 son, of Plymouth ; the Java Game Fowl, from the stock of 

 Mr. George 0. Peirce, of Danvers ; and numerous other rare 

 and choice breeds, (a full history of sixty different breeds and 

 varieties being promised by Mr. Bower alone ;) and will con- 

 tain an additional fund of practical matter from some of the best 

 breeders in this and foreign countries, with whom the author is 

 in correspondence. 



