HONG KONG FOWLS. 



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ENGLISH HONG KONG FOWLS. 



Since the foregoing matter was prepared on Hong Kong 

 fowls, C. C. Plaisted, Esq., of Great Falls, N. II., lias imported 

 some very choice stock of this breed, from England, a pair of 

 which the above cut represents, and which I have received 

 from Mr. Plaisted. They cost $35 in England. These fowls 

 possess all the main characteristics of those I received from H. 

 H. Huntress, Esq., of Biddeford, Me., whose fowls have been so 

 much admired; but they are larger and more sinewy; legs, 

 large and strong the real English points of a choice fowl. 

 The color of the cock is a chesnut-color, intermixed with darker 

 shades. The pullet is nearly black, rather more so than our 

 American bred Hong Kongs. There has been no cross in the 

 blood of this breed of fowls, and they will breed to the feather. 

 The above pair, when mature, will probably weigh about twen- 

 ty-one pounds, and they are truly a magnificent breed. I learn 

 that Mr. Plaisted will breed extensively from his stock of Hong 

 Kongs. 



