SPANGLED POLAND FOWLS. 147 



The flesh of these birds is of good quality, and they are very prolific. 

 They also fatten quickly, and have, by some, been compared to the 

 Dorking for similarity of flesh, and other excellencies of quality. I, 

 however, must unequivocally award the preference to the latter bird, 

 independent of the enhanced price occasioned by the far greater 

 scarcity of the former. 



Dr. Bennett says in his work on Domestic Poultry, that the 

 fowls known as Golden Pheasants, are a hybrid, bred from the 

 Spangled Pol'and and Black Poland fowls. It is said that a 

 variety of white Poland fowls exists, with black tufts, but they 

 are very scarce, if they exist. I have never seen any, but I 

 believe that some specimens of this variety were exhibited at 

 the Poultry Fair in Boston, in 1852. There are also some other 

 varieties that are called Poland fowls, but their reputation does 

 not demand a particular notice in a practical work like this. 



