SHANGHAE FOWLS. 6*7 



duced chickens of this stock, which, at six months old, weigh eleven, 

 pounds and a half, cocks, and ten pounds, the pullets, each. The plu- 

 mage of this stock is of a dark-mahogany color, very rich and beau- 

 tiful. They have all the marks of the best of the Shanghae race 

 comb, single and serrated, though occasionally they have the pea- 

 comb, wattles ordinary size, wings and tail short, legs heavily feathered, 

 etc., etc. ; but in the color of their legs they differ from their race, 

 frequently having dark or greenish legs. Their eggs are very large, 

 and they are equally prolific with other Shanghaes. A cross between 

 the Palmer and the Perley Shanghaes, was called ' Cochin China,' at 

 the last fair (1852,) of the ' New England Society for the Improvement 

 of Domestic Poultry,' and took the first premium as such ! but I desire 

 to be henceforth delivered from all CROSSES of fowls whatever. 



" FORBES' IMPORTATION. This excellent variety is known as the fawn- 

 colored, or buff Shanghaes. The body is buff, the neck yellow, the 

 back slightly penciled with light brown, of the hens ; and the cocks 

 are usually of a redish-dominique. They have all the other marks 

 of the best Shanghaes. The cocks average from eight to ten pounds, 

 and the hens from seven to eight pounds, at maturity, or at two to 

 three years old. Though the eggs are rather smal], the fowls are very 

 prolific, and are greatly admired for their beauty. 



"FULLER'S IMPORTATION. These magnificent fowls are known to 

 novitiates as the 'Marsh stock,' and are fully described under the 

 head of 'Imperial Chinese Fowls,' with the single exception of the 

 beautiful penciling of each feather, as with the touch of the most 

 exquisite master. The dark or green-legged fowls of this stock, are 

 decidedly the best, being of greater specific gravity, of larger actual 

 size, and more prolific. I now speak of the best importation of this 

 stock that of 1848. 



" PERLEY'S IMPORTATION. These birds are of a very bright yellow, 

 with black tails, and neck penciled with black. They are of a very 

 uniform color, and of greater specific gravity than any of the Shanghae 

 race, though they are not quite equal in actual size to some of the 

 other varieties. The cocks will weigh from seven to nine pounds, and 

 the hens from six to eight pounds, at maturity. They lay a much 

 larger egg than the buff Shanghaes, and are not near so feathery. 

 The hens of this breed are the handsomest of any of the Shanghaes. 



"PACKARD'S IMPORTATION. These birds are perfectly black, though 

 the cocks usually have some chesnut color mixed with red. Other- 

 wise they resemble the 'Forbes' Importation' They are very handsome, 

 and are much sought for. 



"WHITE'S IMPORTATION. These are the famous 'grey Shanghaes,' 

 but more properly of a dominique, or owl-color. They are not the 

 Brahma Pootras, by any manner of means, but are uniformly of a 

 grey or dominique color, all over. They are fine looking birds, and 

 have the usual marks of Shanghaes. 



" WIGHT'S IMPORTATION. This breed is perfectly white in plumage, 

 both cocks and hens, and are very superior birds in every respet. 

 ' They exactly resemble the black Shanghaes, with the exception of 

 color." 



