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Plymouth Rooks. 



This is a variety of Now England manufacture, but is 

 nevertheless a most useful breed for general purposes, and 

 lias become wonderfully popular within a very short time. 

 The fowls are cuckoo in plumage, and resemble a Cochin in 

 shape more than anything else, as that variety has doubtless 

 had much to do in the making them. They are large in 

 body, adult birds being of ten and twelve pounds weight ; 

 have strong yellow legs; are very good layers, (but the eggs 

 are small, though very rich in flavour); are capital as table 

 birds, with a good supply of meat on the breast ; are fairly 

 good sitters and mothers; very hardy, can be kept on almost 

 any soil, and bear confinement very well. Throughout the 

 United States they are great favourites, competing with 

 Leghorns for first position, and are doubtless most useful for 

 general purposes, but are not characterized by any great 

 beauty. They have found many friends in England during 

 recent years, and are now kept in large numbers, which show 

 every sign of increasing. 



Polish. 



The Polish must be regarded as one of the most beautiful 

 of all the races of poultry, but it is more suitable as a fancy 

 fowl than for commercial purposes. In fact, it is not to be 

 recommended for the latter at all. There are four principal 

 varieties — the gold- spangled, the silver-spangled, the white- 

 crested blacks, and the buff, or chamois, all of which are very 

 beautiful indeed. Polish are of a medium size, with well- 

 shaped bodies, very rich coloured plumage in the coloured 

 varieties, clean legs, sweeping tails, but their chief glory is a 

 large globular crest which surmounts the head. The illustra- 

 tion which we give is representative of a good pair of white- 



