60 SHANGHAE FOWLS. 



" The above portraits represent a pair of fowls obtained from H. 

 L. Devereux, Boston, Mass. The father and mother of the above 

 pair, Mr. D. got of Dr. Kerr, of Philadelphia, which he imported in 

 1847. The cock is yellow, or redish dominique; the hens are of a 

 dark-yellow. The cock is now eleven months old, and can reach 

 thirty -four inches high; the hen stands about twenty-eight inches 

 high. The plumage of the thorough-bred Shanghae is remarkably 

 soft and silky, or rather downy, and is equally as good, for domestic 

 purposes, as that of the goose." 



These are a very different fowl from the White importation, 

 such as I have received. They can hardly be called dominique 

 Shanghaes. 



I have received no detailed description of the dominique 

 fowls imported by Mr. White, owing to the short time they 

 have been in the country, and I must refer the interested reader 

 to more full particulars in the Northern Farmer, when their 

 merits are more fully developed. 



"PERLEY" AND "PALMER" SHANGHAES. 



Since every new importation of Shanghaes receives the name 

 of the importer, to identify it from other breeds, I fear that 

 the list of names to designate such importations, will, ere long, 

 swell to an unwieldy length ; yet, I have no control of these 

 things, and only act as a chronicler of what exists in the empire 

 of fowldom. The "Perley" and "Palmer" Shanghaes are 

 spoken of very highly. They are both recent importations. 

 Dr. Bennett writes me, under date of Jan. 9th, 1853, as follows : 



Friend Miner, To-day I forward to Mr. De Gruy, two cocks and 

 three pullets of the Palmer importation of Shanghaes. One cock, 

 hatched on the 15th of May last, which weighs ten pounds and two 

 ounces ; the other cock, hatched on the 20th of May, and weighs ten 

 porfnds, strong. One of the pullets, hatched July 1st, weighs eight 

 pounds ; another, same age, seven pounds and eight ounces ; and the 

 third, hatched on the 6th of August, weighs six pounds and ten ounces. 



I likewise send Mr. De Gruy, to-day, one cock and four pullets of 

 the Perley importation of Shanghaes. The cock was hatched on the 

 17th of June last, and weighs nine pounds and fourteen ounces. One 

 of the pullets, same age, weighs eight pounds; another, same age, 

 seven pounds and fifteen ounces; and the other, same age, seven 

 pounds and fourteen ounces ; the fourth pullet, hatched 20th July, 

 weighs six pounds and twelve ounces. 



Mr. De Gruy, here alluded to, is an extensive breeder of 

 fowls in the suburbs of New Orleans. 



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