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differs from the Silver Penciled chiefly in the ground cclor of 

 its plumage, which is a yellowish buff or yellowish bay, and in 

 being rather larger. The legs of both these varieties should be 

 blue. The Silver Spangled and Golden Spangled differ from 

 the Penciled sorts, in having black, circular, oval, or crescent- 

 shaped spangles on the tail and wing, instead of bars. They 

 are somewhat larger than the Penciled birds and have darker 



Fig. 88. 



THE SILVEE SPANGLED HAMBURG FOWL. 



legs. The Black Hamburg has a plumage of a uniformly rich, 

 glossy-green black. 



All the Hamburgs are beautiful fowls, rich in plumage and 

 fine in form ; great layers (the eggs, however, are small) ; sel- 

 dom desire to sit ; and are good for the table, falling but little 

 below the best varieties in this respect, although not so large 

 as some others. 



They are impatient of confinement, and to do well must have 



