SHANGHAE FOWLS. 59 



DOMINIQUE SHANGHAES. 



This is a new and distinct breed, and recently imported. I 

 had heard of the fame of this breed, and feeling desirous of 

 being able to speak from ocular demonstration of their merits, 

 I sent to A. White Esq., of East Randolph, Mass., for a pair of 

 his best specimens. Mr. White, in connection with another gen- 

 tleman, imported this rare breed direct from Shanghae, China, 

 and these fowls are now owned by only a very few individuals in 

 this country, that is, the pure dominique Shanghaes. Their shape 

 is very much like the preceding cuts, and only differ from those 

 portraits in color. They are of precisely the same blue-speckled 

 hue of our native dominique fowls, yet they have every other 

 characteristic of our best Shanghaes. Their legs are feathered, 

 combs single and serrated, &c., like the buff, red, white and 

 black breeds, and they will draw about the same number of 

 pounds at maturity. The cock in my possession is pronounced 

 by an experienced breeder as the best in Oneida Co. They are 

 worth from $10 to $15 a pair. 



p. MELLENDY'S DOMINIQUE SHANGHAES. 



Mr. P. Mellendy, of Mount Healthy, Hamilton Co., Ohio, sent 

 me the above cut, representing his dominique Shanghae fowls. 

 He says : 



