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THE SEABEIOnT BAMTAM. 



WUITE lJAi\TAM COCK A>D HEN. 



boitio' small in proportion. But how many linndreds of amateurs there 

 are whose opportunities a;ive them no room for full-sized fowls, but who, 

 delighting in living things, can indulge their fancy and beguile many 



hours which would otherwise 

 prove weary ones, by keeping 

 a few Bantams. Their small 

 eggs are delicacies which would 

 tempt almost any invalid. 



The gold and silver-laced, or 

 Seabright Bantam, is perhaps 

 the most popular kind of all. 

 The size should be quite dimin- 

 utive, and the carriage saucy. 



The booted Bantam, of whick 

 the most beautiful we have seen 

 have been pure white, are com- 

 pletely feathered on the legs — 

 not feathered down one side only, like the Cochin China. 



Game Bantams aru exact miniature representatives of game fowls, 



black-breasted reds, duck-wings, 

 and other colors. An exact duck- 

 wing game Bantam is the most 

 beautiful little creature one can 

 imagine. 



THE DOMESTIC TURKEY.— The 

 S^y domestic turkey can scarcely be 

 ' I said to be divided, like the com- 

 ! mon fowl, into, distinct breed's, al- 

 ii though there- is, indeed, consider- 

 able variation in color, and also in 

 size. The finest and strongest tur- 

 keys are said to be those of a 

 bronzed black, resembling as closely as possible the original stock ; they 



BLAOS: BANTAM COCK AND HE2f, 



