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abroad and should not be sanctioned by your Society. 

 Errors may creep in among your transactions, in this par- 

 ticular, and many honest, careful breeders may be deceived ; 

 but the multiplying of unpronounceable and meaningless 

 names for domestic fowls is entirely uncalled for; and 

 your committee recommend a close adherence, hereafter, to 

 recognized titles only. 



" In this connection, it may be proper to allude to a case 

 in point. The largest and unquestionably one of the finest 

 varieties of domestic fowls ever shown among us was en- 

 tered by the breeders of this variety as the ' Chittagong ; ' 

 other coops of the same stock were labelled ' Grey Chitta- 

 gongs ; ' otiiers were called ' Bramah Pootras; ' and others, 

 ' Grey Shanghae ' and ' Malays.' 



" Your Committee are divided in opinion as to what these 

 ' birds ought, rightfully, to be called, — though the majority 

 of the Committee have no idea that ' Eramah Pootra ' is 

 their correct title. That they are not 'Malays' is also 

 quite as clear. Several of the . specimens are positively 

 known to have come direct from Shanghae ; and none are 

 known to have come originally from, anywhere else. 

 Nevertheless, it has been thought proper to leave this 

 question open, for the present; and the Committee,, believ-? 

 ing that this fowl originates in and^ hails directly from the 

 East, are content to accept for them the . title of ' Grey 

 Shanghae,' '.Chittagong,' or ' Bramah Ppgtra,' as different 

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