20 MALAY INDIAN, &C. 



the eggs of partridges and pheasants, being good 

 nurses, as well as good layers. Sir John Sebright, 

 M. P. for Herts, is one of the chief amateurs of this 

 breed. Sir John's breed are beautifully striped and 

 variegated. I have been informed, that at present 

 the Honourable Baronet is raising a breed of large 

 fowls. 



In addition, there is a South American variety, 

 either from Brazil or Buenos Ayres, which will roost 

 in trees. They are very beautiful, partridge spotted 

 and streaked ; the eggs small, and coloured like those 

 of the pheasant ; both the flesh and eggs are fine fla- 

 voured and delicate. 



The Chiltagong, or Malay. 



This is another Indian variety, and is, as a contrast 

 to the Bantam, probably the largest of the gallina- 

 ceous tribe. They are in colour, striated yellow 

 and dark brown, long-necked, serpent-headed, and 

 high upon the leg ; their flesh dark, coarse, and 

 chiefly adapted to soup. They are good layers, 

 and being well fed, produce the largest of hens' 

 eggs, and of the most substantial nutriment. Being 

 too long legged, they are not, generally, steady 

 sitters. Our portrait of the Malays was taken from 

 the stock of Mrs. Wells, of Turnham Green ; they are 

 large birds, coarse meat, and not worth breeding from. 



Buffon introduces several foreign varieties, of which 

 I have no practical knowledge the HAMBURGH COCK, 

 the WONDERFUL INDIAN COCK, and the MUSCOVITE 

 BLACK GAME HEN. I have heard of a WEST INDIA 

 breed which are everlasting layers. The wonderful 



