112 GAME FOWLS. 



WILD INDIAN MOUNTAIN FOWL. 



I have recently received a trio of these beautiful semi-Game 

 fowls from Dr. Bennett's splendid stock, and have given them 

 out to be bred for me, not having room for them, so extensive 

 is my collection of the various breeds. The gentleman having 

 them in charge, reports them to be excellent layers. He says 

 I may " crack them up " as equal to anything in the world : 



WILD INDIAN MOUNTAIN FOWL. 



The fowls portrayed in this engraving, are owned by A. Yerloin de 

 Gruy, Esq., of New Orleans, and are accurate likenesses from life. 

 They were imported and introduced into the United States by Capt. 

 Thompson and Mr. Stockbridge, for Bower and Estes, of whom I had 

 my original stock. My own stock, as well as that of T. B. Miner, 

 Esq., of Clinton, N. T., is identical with that of Mr. De Gruy. 



These are a very rare kind of Indian fowl, and command admira- 

 tion from all who behold them. They very closely resemble the 



