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FANCIERS' JOURNAL AND POULTRY EXCHANGE. 



SPECIAL PREMIUMS. 



1. H. A. & G. M. Church, Providence, for best collection 

 not less than ten varieties of meritorious land and water 

 fowl, by one exhibitor, gold vest chain, $30; W. L. Tobey, 

 Valley Falls. 2. M. T. Freeman & Co., Providence, for 

 best pair Partridge Cochin Chickens, $5; H. A. Pvhodes, 

 East Greenwich. 4. Anthony & Stebbins, Providence, for 

 best collection Black Cochin Fowls and Chickens, $5; Wm. 

 Cooke, Pawtucket. 9. James Campbell, Providence, best 

 collection Brown Leghorns, $5; F. J. Kinney, Worcester. 

 10. J. T. Peckham, Providence, for largest and best collec- 

 tion of Hamburg's, $5; George F. Seavey, Cambridgeport, 

 Mass. 11. Edmund Davis, Providence, best trio of Ply- 

 mouth Rock Fowls, $10; J. T. Peckham, Providence. 13. 

 Amos Whitney, Hartford, Conn., best pair Light Brahma 

 Chickens, $10 ; Wright Buckley, Valley Falls. 14. John 

 Healy, Providence, best pair Buff Cochin Chickens, $5 ; 

 Wm. Hazard, Providence. 15. Edmund Davis, Providence, 

 best Plymouth Rock Cockerel, $5; J. T. Peckham, Provi- 

 dence. 18. " Pet Stock Pigeon .ind Poultry Bulletin," best 

 pair Rouen Ducks, Volume 3, and subscription to Volume 4. 

 of Bulletin, $2.50; J. H. Chase, Newport. 20. F. J. Kin- 

 -ney, Worcester, best Brown Leghorn Cock or Cockerel of 

 any age, $5; awarded to Mr. Kinney. 21. Best Brown 

 Leghorn Hen or Pullet of any age, $5 ; also awarded to Mr. 

 Kinney. 22. A. J. Robinson, Providence, best Black- 

 breasted Red Game Bantam, silver cup, value $10; W. & 

 E. Jennings, Newton, Lower Falls, Mass. 23. Walter L. 

 Tobey, Valley Falls, best pair Dark Brahma Chickens, $5; 

 Wright Buckley, Valley Falls. 24. Wright Buckley, Val- 

 ley Falls, best collection Game Bantams, $5; A. H. Rogers, 

 Worcester, Mass. 25. H. H Stoddard, Hartford, Conn., 

 best S. S. Hamburg Pullet, Vols. 1 & 2, " Poultry World," 

 value $5; George F. Seavey, Cambridgeport. 26. Joshua 

 Gray, Providence, largest and best collection of Houdans, 

 pair silver cups, value $10 ; E. C. Aldrich, Hyde Park, Mass. 

 27. " Pet Stock Pigeon and Poultry Bulletin," best collec- 

 tion Pigeons, bound Volumes 1 & 2 of Bulletin, value $2.50; 



E. H. Hero, Milford, Mass. 28. John W. Mahon, Hartford, 

 Conn., best pair Dominique Leghorn Fowls, one pair Light 

 Brahma Chickens, value $15; S. S. Van Buren & Co., Hart- 

 ford, Conn. 29. Joseph M. Wade, Philadelphia, best Gol- 

 den Duckwing Game Bantam Cockerel, subscription to 

 "Fanciers' Journal," value $2.50; J. H. Chase, Newport. 

 30. Farrington & Co., Providence, largest and best collec- 

 tion of Bantams other than Game, silver cup, value $5; G. 



F. Seavey, Cambridgeport. 31. J. Snow & Co.. Providence, 

 largest and best collection of Geese, order for silk hat, value 

 $8;" H. W. K. Allen & Son, North Attleboro'. 32. Wil- 

 liam Millin & Co., Providence, best pair of Fowls or Chick- 

 ens of any new variety, one watering pot, value $2.50; 

 Wright Buckley, Valley Falls. 33. A. Crawford Greene, 

 Providence, best pair Black Spanish Fowls or Chickens, 

 order for 500 circulars, value $5 ; W. F. Inman, Providence. 

 34. J. M. Wade, Philadelphia, largest and best collection of 

 Golden or Silver Sebright Bantams, subscription to " Fan- 

 ciers' Journal," value $2.50 ; George F. Seavey. 35. "A 

 Friend," Providence, best pair White Sultan Fowls, $5; 

 W. L. Tobey, Valley Falls.- 36. Oliver -Kendall, Provi- 

 dence, best collection of Pigeons, $5; E. H. Hero, Milford. 

 40. "A Friend," Providence, best pair White-crested Black 

 Poland Fowls, $5; J. T. Peckham, Providence. 42. J. 

 Herbert Collingwood, jeweler, Providence, best pair Sultan 

 Chickens, four toes not to disqualify, vest chain, value $6 ; 



. Sam. W. Clarke, Warwick. 43. Sam. W. Clarke, War- 

 wick, best Houdan Cock, $5; Joshua Vose, Manton, R. I. 



Jg°A party of northern gentlemen sojourning at Jack- 

 sonville, Florida, last month, took a hunting trip up the 

 Ocklawaha, and returned to Palatka on the 18th, with the 

 following report of the result of their eight days' trip : 

 Alligators seen, 243; killed, 79; limpkins killed, 130; water 

 turkeys, 25; great, heron, 4; white heron, 2; painted gall- 

 enell, 20; coots, 150; eagles, 4; great owls, 2; black bass 

 taken, 150 pounds. 



PlQEO^I DEfWriVIE^T. 



THE MAGPIE. 



The Magpie is one of the most beautiful of the Toys. It 

 excites admiration wherever it is seen. The specimen I shall 

 describe is a perfectly marked bird, and the winner of first 

 prizes. He is two years old, and has the blood as well as the 

 color, his young ones being like him. He is a golden-yellow 

 bird, with white wings and breast. The white of the breast 

 is marked in front by a line crossing the point of the breast- 

 bone, and extending up each side to the under part of the 

 shoulder joint, the lines then extend backwards to a line 

 passing directly across the vent, the ends of which they in- 

 tersect at the roots of the outer tail feathers of each side. All 

 the parts (including the thighs) within these boundaries are 

 of the purest white, and, where the colors are divided, the 

 line is as sharp as though cut by a knife. Beak of a yellowish- 

 white, pearl eye, and a hood broad and well-shaped, feet 

 smooth and red. He is rather smaller than the common pi- 

 geon. By his side is standing a blue hen with white wings, 

 breast and thighs ; the dividing lines being the same as those 

 of the yellow bird. Her beak is dark, eye pearl, and feet 

 red, head plain ; there is a dark bar across the tail. 



In the same cage are red and black Magpies ; the red is of 

 a bronzed hue, and not the bright red, as I should like. 

 Black and white are the original colors of the Magpie, and, 

 I think, the best, as the contrast is greater than in any of 

 the others. 



From the description you perceive some are capped, and 

 others are plain headed ; the capped are in fashion just now. 

 The four colors mentioned are the standard ones, viz.: a pure 

 golden-yellow, not a pale yellow ; a light blue, not a black 

 blue ; a bright red, not a bronzed red ; and jet black, with a 

 metallic lustre that must extend even to the tip of the tail. 

 Blues and yellows are the rarest. 



The eyes must be pearl, feet red, and beak a color corres- 

 ponding with that of the bird. 



This variety is of German origin, and bred from Tumbler 

 strains. They have almost lost the tumbling trait, though 

 I have seen them, when flown with Tumblers, revolving 

 with the best of them. • 



