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ENGLISH RED-CAP FOWLS. 



ENGLISH RED-CAPS. 



This is a newly imported breed from England. Their first 

 public introduction in this country, was at the Poultry Fair of 

 the New England Society, in September, 1852, at Boston. 

 They were highly spoken of at that exhibition. 



Dr. J. C. Bennett, of Fort des Moines, Iowa, purchased sev- 

 eral pairs of the importer, Geo. Smith, Esq., of Valley Falls, 

 R. I., who writes to Dr. B. as follows : 



"The old pair commenced laying in December, and have laid up to 

 last week, (Oct. 19, 1852.) They are now moulting. I sell the 

 chickens at $15 per pair. They are a very extra fowl, unquestionably, 

 and this importation is the only one of this breed in the United 

 States. The old fowls are very beautiful, but you can form no idea 

 of their beauty until one year old, o.r iintil after the second moulting, 

 after which their whole appearance is changed, and their plumage 

 becomes very brilliant a bright gold color and black most beautifully 

 intermixed and exquisitely shaded." 



Dr. Bennett sent a part of his purchase to A. Verloin de Gruy, 

 Esq., New Orleans, a pair of which are represented by the 

 above portraits, taken from life. Mr. De Gruy will be able to 

 supply his southern friends with these fowls in due season. 



