HO GAME FOWLS. 



The Ebon Games are called by the natives of Sumatra, " Malay- 

 Games," the best samples of which are found at Palembang, Padang, 

 and Bencoolen ; likewise, at Samarang and Bally, in Java; and 

 Singapore, in Malacca. 



The cross between the Sumatra Ebon Games, and the Sumatra 

 Pheasant Games, is beautiful in the extreme; and either of the 

 Sumatra breeds the Pheasant or the Ebon cross admirably with the 

 English, Irish, or Chinese Games, adding greatly to the beauty and 

 strength of the three latter breeds, and to the SIZE of the two former. 



As the " SIAMESE PENCILED GAMES " are perfectly represented by 

 the above engraving of the Sumatra Ebon Games, and differ from 

 them only in color of plumage and size of body and comb, it is deemed 

 more appropriate to describe them here. The Siamese Penciled 

 Games are most beautifully penciled in every feather, as if with the 

 most exquisite touch of a master painter. The coloring is equal to 

 the " Pintado " or Guinea fowl, each feather vieing with the others 

 in the surpassing beauty of its tints ; and this breed of Games might 

 with great propriety be called the " gallinaceous Pintado," for it is 

 really such. 



The Siamese Penciled Game cock is from a pound to a pound and 

 a half heavier than the Sumatra Ebon Game cock, and has a much 

 smaller comb ; in all other respects, excepting color, they exactly 

 resemble each other. 



These fowls are obtained at Concoa and Convot, on the Gulf of 

 Siam, and are highly valued for their beauty and intrinsic worth. 



I should not consider my Game stock complete without this valuable 

 and unique breed. As yet, there are but few in the country. 



J. C. BENNETT. 



JAVA PHEASANT GAMES. 



The besfc stock of these beautiful Game birds was imported by 

 Capt. Palmer. One of the imported cocks was of a silver-grey color, 

 with white legs, and weighed between eight and nine pounds ; the 

 other imported cock was of a blood-red color, with yellow legs, and 

 weighed between seven an<J eight pounds. Some of the hens were 

 speckled, others of a quail-color, or exquisitely penciled, like the 

 Imperial Chinese fowls of the 1848 importation; and others were 

 blue, and some of a dun color. They have the pea-comb, and in 

 general aspect, exactly resemble the Sumatra Pheasant Games, and 

 are well represented by the same engraving. Iso Game fowls in this 

 country were able to stand before these two imported Java cocks 

 fast, wary and unyielding ; the longer they fought, the better they 

 fought, and with constantly increasing ferocity. My stock is from 

 both of the above named imported cocks, and the imported hens, pro- 

 cured for me by Solomon H. Austin, Esq., from whom I have the fore- 

 going facts. Mr. Austin is an acquaintance of Capt. Palmer's, and 

 was enabled to obtain the best of this blood for me. 



In New England we were never able to obtain fowls of the size or 



