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mahogany color. They are restless, and cannot be confined, and can 

 out-scratch any fowl I ever saw. They came from Angler Point, 

 Sumatra the imported ones being from wild ones, caught in the 

 woods. I think they will not degenerate by in-and-in breeding. In 

 weight, they vary from four and a half to six pounds, and are so 

 compactly built, as to deceive any one not acquainted with their make. 



GEO. A. SMITH. 



The peculiarities of Sumatra Game fowls, are as follows: They 

 have no wattles, and scarcely any comb, and require little or no trim- 

 ming, to fit them for the pit. The cock in my yard, which is now six 

 months old, stands and carries himself loftier than most chickens at 

 eighteen months old, all the time watching, as if alarmed. His gene- 

 ral appearance is wild. The hen, (an imported one,) is a perfect 

 beauty. All who have seen the Sumatra Games, consider them the 

 handsomest and most desirable ones they have ever seen. 



As to their laying qualities, I would say the very day I received 

 the hen, July 3d, she began to lay, and continued, until she had laid 

 twenty eggs, without missing a day ; I then allowed her to sit. She 

 raised me eleven chickens, and proved herself a good sitter and nurse. 

 As fighters, they stand unrivaled, allowing themselves, (as I am credi- 

 bly informed,) to be cut in pieces, without yielding. They are also 

 fast fighters. 



ALBERTUS WmcH. 



, Penn. 



I received a pair of Sumatra Pheasant Game fowls, from Dr. Ben- 

 nett, both young and promising, which, for symmetry of form and 

 brilliancy of plumage, cannot be surpassed. The color of a dark, 

 glossy green ; the feathers on the neck of the pullet, of a bronze hue; 

 their eyes, remarkably brilliant and piercing ; necks, long and serpen- 

 tine ; comb, serrated, and scarcely any wattles ; legs and bills, black ; 

 body, firm and compact. The carriage of mine is noble and majestic. 

 I have found them to be very small eaters, and much attached to each 

 other, but on the introduction of a strange cock into their yard, they 

 will attack and fight fowls thrice their size, and weight. I do not 

 allow mine to fight, however, as they are too young. I am much 

 pleased with them, and would not part with them for any considera- 

 tion. _ 



JOHN K A, KOBE. 



, Penn. 



The principal breeders of the Sumatra Pheasant Game fowls 

 in this country, at present, are J. C. Bennett, Fort des Moines, 

 Iowa, Richard Blaisdell, Esq., Great Falls, N. H., and myself. 



