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SPANGLED HAMBURGH FOWLS. 



SPANGLED HAMBURGH FOWLS. 



This breed, though beautiful, are scarce, and but little is said 

 about them in the journals of the day. There are two varieties 

 of these fowls, the silver and golden Spangled. They are said 

 to be similar in size and form, and differ in color only. Nolan 

 thus describes these fowls : 



They are a very beautiful variety of poultry, distinguishable 

 from Spangled Poland fowls by their large top-knot being colored, 

 instead of white, and their black and conspicuous ruff on their throat, 

 and under their beak ; they approach so nearly to them that they are 

 frequently confounded with each other, and even bred together, as the 

 same, which has caused the Hamburgh so frequently to show the 

 white feathers in their top-knot, and the Spangled Polish the dark 

 coloring in theirs ; but still the ruff at the throat distinguishes the 



