126 BREEDS. 



In Scotland, this breed is much valued. It 

 is of great antiquity, and still to be found in 

 the most remote districts, where other (and 

 Qcwer) varieties are unknown. Our poulterers 

 consider it is excellent for the table, and it pos- 

 sesses the great advantage of white legs and 

 skin. The hens lay in due season, and perform 

 their maternal duties creditably. For the points 

 of this breed, I give the remarks of a friendly 

 poultry fancier, and admirer of this fowl: — 



"I have no doubt that this is a distinct 

 breed. It throws true chickens, and that is 

 sufficient to prove it, although this may be the 

 result of cross-breeding at a period more or less 

 distant 



"In her foreign relations, Scotland has im- 

 ported many breeds from Spain, Hamburgh, 

 Holland, and France, and, as a matter of course, 



