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indeed, breeds better pullets. The spangling of his breast is 

 very important for show purposes, many cocks being nearly 

 black in the upper part 



The crests should be full and regular, not hollow in the 

 middle, and the feathers here also are laced in hens and more 

 tipped in the cocks. A few white feathers are apt to appear 

 with age. The deaf -ears are small and white, wattles none, 

 being replaced by a dark or spangled beard and whiskers. The 

 size of this breed is very fair, the cocks weighing 6 to 7J Ibs., 

 hens 4 to 5| Ibs. 



GOLD-SPANGLED. This breed resembles the preceding in 

 black markings, only substituting rich golden ground for the 

 white. 



BUFF or CHAMOIS POLISH are a recent introduction. This 

 breed resembles the golden-spangled in the colour of the 

 ground, but the spangles present the anomaly of being white 

 instead of black. They were first produced, there can be no 

 doubt, by crossing the golden- spangled with white birds, just 

 as Piles were produced from Black-red Game. At first these 

 birds did not breed at all true, showing probably a recent 

 cross ; but of late some very fine importations have been made 

 from the Paris shows, which may give this pretty marking a 

 better chance. These foreign specimens have been larger and 

 finer than any we have seen bred in England. 



Blue, grey, and cuckoo or speckled Polish are also occasion- 

 ally shown, but are evidently either accidental occurrences, or 

 the result of cross-breeding, and cannot be recommended even 

 to the fancier. 



All the Polish breeds are rather liable to grow up " hump- 

 backed," or " lob-sided " in the body. Of course either defect 

 is a fatal disqualification. 



SULTANS. This breed was introduced by Miss E. Watts from 

 Turkey. The birds are very ornamental, differing greatly in 

 appearance from any of the varieties hitherto named. In size 



