BHANGHAE FOWLS. 65 



Dr. McClintock writes me as follows : 



On the 8tli insi, my freind, Wm. C. Kudman, Esq., of thig city, 121 

 Green street, received a cock and two hens, direct from Shanghae, 

 China, which port they left about the 15th of October, 1852. They 

 are a trio of the most beautiful and perfectly symmetrical fowls I 

 have ever seen. The cock, which appears to be about sixteen months 

 old, stands thirty inches high, and carries himself erectty"and proudly. 

 He weighs eleven pounds ; his head is small ; comb, single, and well 

 serrated ; beak, short and strongly formed ; eyes, bright and spark- 

 ling ; neck, beautifully made, and covered with feathers of a golden 

 hue ; body feathers of a brilliant reddish color ; tail, small, and the 

 feathers mostly black. He is very broad across the back, and com- 

 pactly built ; his legs are thick, strong, and relatively short ; they 

 are lemon-colorod, and well feathered ; he walks strongly and firmly, 

 and with a majesty rarely equaled. 



The hens, which appear to be about nine months old, weigh eighteen 

 pounds full ; they are most perfectly formed, with small heads, short 

 beaks, bright, sparkling eyes, and small combs. One is of a cinnamon 

 buff-color, the other is of somewhat lighter hue ; the feathers on each 

 are of almost uniform shade ; the under surface of the body, rump 

 and thighs, are well covered with soft, downy feathers ; the legs are 

 lemon-colored, strong and well feathered. Their cai'riage is erect and 

 dignified, and altogether they are most admirable birds. The cut will 

 give a very good idea of the hen, but the cock does not appear as tall 

 as he really is. 



Yours truly, JAMBS MCCLINTOCK:. 



Philadelphia, Feb. 20th, 1853. 



P. S. Since the foregoing was written, Mr. Rudman has increased 

 his stock of imported SShanghaes by the addition of six very fine hens, 

 which came out in the same ship with the cock and two hens previously 

 described. To-day I received, per ship Horatio, direct from Shanghae, 

 a trio of most beautiful fowls. The cock is of bright reddish and 

 golden hue ; he appeal's to be about ten months old ; weighs over ten 

 pounds ; stands thirty-one inches. The hens are remarkably good ; 

 of a buff-color, some of the feathers slightly penciled with black ; 

 they weigh about seventeen pounds and a half, although they seem to 

 have been rather badly fed lately. The three have feathered, yellow 



J. MoC. 



