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FOWLS. 



Chap. VU. 



The following siib-brecds agree in having a crest, more or less 

 developed, with the comb, when present, of cre^centic shape. The 

 skull presents nearly the same remarkable peculiarities of structure 

 as in the true Polish fowl. 



Sub-breed (a) Sultans. — A Turkish breed, resembling white 

 Polish fowls with a large crest and beard with short and well- 



Fig. 32.— Polish Fowl. 



feathered legs. The tail is furnished with additional sickle feathers 

 Do not incubate.^ 



Sub-breed (b) Ptarmigans. — An inferior breed closely allied to 



* The best account of Sultans is by kindness the examination of some 

 Miss Watts in ' The Poultry Yard,' specimens of this breed. 

 1856, p. 79. I owe to Mi-. Brent's 



