PART I. 



DESCRIPTION OP THE DIFFERENT BREEDS AND YARIETIES 0? 

 DOMESTIC 



WHITE DORKINGS. 



The Dorkings originated in Dorking, England, and were 

 originally a pure white. Subsequently the colored Dorkings 

 were produced in Surrey, England, from a cross with the Malay, 

 as it is asserted, but without positive evidence of the alleged 

 fact. 



The pure Dorkings have a supernumerary toe ; but the exist- 

 ence of the fifth toe is not always evidence of the fowl being of 

 this breed. 



The cuts here shown are portraits from life of fowls owned by 

 Dr. Eben Wight, of Dedham, Mass., a gentleman well known 



