BANTAM FOWLS. l7l 



weather. I have a pair of these beautiful fowls. The cock 

 weighs about one pound, and the pullet twelve ounces. The 

 cock is a brilliant chestnut hue, with double comb, fine sym- 

 metrical figure, large tail, comparatively, and he considers him- 

 self equal to any rooster I have ; and frequently I see a Hoang 

 Ho, Shanghae, or Brahma cock, large enough to swallow him 

 whole, running from him for life, and the little fel'low mounting 

 them, holding on by the neck, and paying them off with com- 

 pound interest for old grudges. 



The pullet is of a dark brown, with a speckled breast, like a 

 young robin. Her form is that of a perfect hen, and her nature 

 and habits are precisely like ordinary fowls. She cackles when 

 she lays, like larger breeds, and the size of her eggs is much 

 larger, in proportion to her size, than those of any other fowl 

 known. She is not so large as a common domestic pigeon, and 

 but a very little larger than a robin. Taking them all in all, 

 they are the most fascinating little creatures I ever saw, and 

 every fowl fancier should possess them, in order to show the 

 two extremes of the gallinaceous races. I shall probably offer 

 a few pairs for sale occasionally, or may furnish eggs after the 

 year 1853. 



There are some other varieties of the Bantam race the 

 Creepers are one but they are not of especial interest, and I 

 shall omit any further notice of them. 



