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crested blacks, which is about the most striking of all the 

 Polish tribe. They are fairly hardy, but require to be kept 

 where they can have plenty of shelter in wet weather, for 

 they are very subject to colds and roup. They are good 

 layers and table birds, are non-sitters, and most suitable 

 in dry town runs, where they have not a great amount of 

 liberty. 



Although not generally placed under the head of Polish, 

 yet as they are undoubtedly of the same origin, we now 

 mention the Sultan fowl, which has several points in 

 common with the Polish. It originally came from Turkey, 

 and hence its name. The size is small, the plumage is 

 pure white and very plentiful, the head is surmounted by a 

 large crest, with heavy muffs below, the hock and leg feathers 

 are well developed, and the birds are fairly hardy. They 

 are good layers and non-sitters, but cannot be regarded as 

 commercial fowls. 



Scotch Geeys. 



Until a few years ago, very few of these handsome birds 

 were to -be seen in England and almost none in America. 

 They have been long kept in Scotland, and the first Edin- 

 burgh show we ever visited was a revelation to us, for some 

 two or three hundred birds were there exhibited. They are 

 really a large, hardy, cuckoo Dorking without the fifth toe, 

 and are capital layers, good sitters and mothers, first-rate 

 table birds, hardy, and can be reared on almost any soil, 

 though they do best in dry places. Having white or mottled 

 legs, they can be used both for a chicken trade and as layers, 

 and their economic qualities will doubtless insure them a 

 welcome in many places, where they have heretofore been 

 unknown, and where a hardy and large fowl is specially 

 needed. 



