GREAT MALAY FOWLS. 



chin Chinas, or Shanghaes. They are hardy, and their young are 

 strong and vigorous, and easily reared. Those who fancy a black 

 fowl, cannot do better than to obtain the Cantons, for they are a bet- 

 ter and more profitable fowl than the black Spanish, black Shanghae, 

 or great Java fowls. They mature young, and have most of the good 

 qualities of the Dorking fowL" 



GREAT JAVA FOWL. 



This is a breed similar in some respects to the Black China 

 fowls. They were introduced into this country some years 

 previous to the advent of the majority of the Asiatic fowls, and 

 at the time, considerable noise was made in regard to their 

 qualities, but little or nothing is now said about them. I kept 

 them on Long Island, some years ago, but did not like them. 

 They have no merit except size. Dr. Bennett, in his Treatise 

 on Poultry, says : 



" These, like all other pure Java fowls, are of a black, or dark auburn 

 color, with very large black legs, single comb and wattles. They are 

 good layers, and their eggs are very large and well-flavored. Their 

 gait is slow and majestic. They are, in fact, amongst the most valua- 

 ble fowls in the country, and are frequently described in the books as 

 " Spanish fowls," than which nothing is more erroneous. They are as 

 distinctly an original breed as the pure blooded Great Malay, and 

 possess about the same qualities as to excellence, but falling rather 

 short as to beauty. This, however, is a matter of taste, and some 

 consider the pure Java superior to all other large fowls, BO far as 

 beauty is concerned. Their plumage is decidedly rich." 



GREAT MALAY FOWL. 



This breed, as well as the Great Javas, are well represented 

 by the portraits of Black China fowls, previously shown in 

 this work. The Great Malays were brought originally from 

 the peninsula of that name, at the southern extremity of Asia. 

 Richardson says : 



" The Malay fowl stands very high on the legs, is long-necked, 

 serpent-headed, and is in color, usually, a dark brown, streaked with 

 yellow ; sometimes, however, with white. His form and appearance 

 are grand and striking in the extreme, and he is no small embellish- 

 ment to the poultry yard. This fowl is also frequently, but erroneously, 

 called the Chittagong. The Malay fowls, however, that were origin- 

 ally imported, were by no means such birds as I could recommend to 

 the notice of the breeder, their size possessing too much offal, aa 

 neck,legs, and thighs, and the flesh being dark-colored and oily." 



