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SPANGLED HAMBURGH FOWLS. 



E. ABORN'S HAMBURGH FOWLS. 



The above portraits represent fowls owned by Mr. Edward 

 Aborn, No. 30 South Water street, Providence, R. I. They 

 are identical with the breed, the portraits of which precede 

 these, but are drawn on a smaller scale. Mr. Aborn writes rue 

 as follows : 



The Silver Spangled Hamburgh fowls are very beautifuL The 

 ground color is a pure white spangled with black on each feather, 

 which, in the rays of the sun, has a very handsome green appearance. 

 The neck and saddle hackles of the cock, are striped down the center 

 with black, and the margin is a pure white. The tail feathers are 

 mottled with black and white. On the crest, immediately above the 

 beak, are two small fleshy horns. They have white ear lobes, and in 

 place of a comb, they have a very large black and white tuft, or top- 

 knot. Under the head is a dark-colored tuft, like a beard. Their legs 

 are blue. They are very good layers, but are seldom inclined to sit. 



