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5. Pumilio. The Smooth Bantam. Dwarf- 

 ish ; legs not feathered. 



6. Giganteus. Malay. Very large. 



7. Pentadactylus. Dorking. Large, with 

 five toes on each foot. This, however, is 

 said by some recent English writers not to 

 be peculiar to this race. 



8. Morio. Negro fowl. Comb, wat- 

 tles, skin, and covering of the bones black. 

 From India. 



9. LanaLus. Silky Hen. All the feathers 

 disunited in the webs, and resembling silk. 

 From Japan. 



10. Crispus. Frizzled or Friesland hen. 

 All the feathers reversed, and, as it were, 

 curled. Smaller than common poultry. 

 Java. Japan. 



11. Ecaudatus. Rumplcss hen. With 

 no tail ; the last caudal vertebra being 

 wanting. Ceylon. In alluding to this va- 

 riety, Button asserts that the greater part of 

 the cocks and hens of Virginia have no rump, 

 although they are unquestionably of English 

 origin. " He is assured," he says, u that 

 when fowls are transported to that colony, 



