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THE POLISH FOWL. 



demeanor, and should not be quite a pound weight. The favorite color 

 U a golden yellow, the leathers edged with black, the wings barred with 

 purple, tail-feathers and breast black. The Bantam will fight with 

 great resolution." Occasionally, a variety is met with that is smooth- 

 legged. They are very domestic, often making their nests in the kitchen 

 and the cupboards of the dwelling, when permitted. They are excellent 

 layers and good nurses. 



The hackles, or long neck-feathers of this and the preceding bird, are 

 much used by anglers for making artificial flies. Some remarkable 

 specimens have been described by travellers as the Frizzled and the 

 Silky fowls of Asiatic origin, of which we give an illustration. 



8ILKY FOWLS. 



THE POLISH FOWL.. 



This beautiful bird has, become pretty g-enerally known in the 

 American farm-yard. It is, however, a small fowl, in comparison with 

 many other. "Of the Polish fowls," says Richardson, "there are 

 three sub-varieties, one of which would appear to be nearly, if not 

 altogether extinct in its native country. This fowl is, perhaps, the 

 most unchanged from the primitive stock of any we are now acquainted 



