HOCDAyS. 167 



Hen. 



Comb — small, and spiked. 

 Plumage— jet black. 

 Legs — short and strong. 

 Breast — broad and deep. Size is arrived at 

 in this breed. 



This is my favourite variety of all the Conti- 

 nental fowls, and I hope to see it widely spread 

 throughout our own land. It should be seen in 

 every farm-yard, and I can guarantee that the 

 earliest chickens sent to market will be from this 

 breed. The chickens feather quickly, and are 

 altogether more precocious than others, (unless 

 the Hamburgh, that pretty, graceful bird, dimi- 

 nutive in form, but of rare beauty). I have found 

 them quite hardy, and in damp weather much 

 more easily reared than Dorkings. In addition 

 to their laying powers, as table fowls they are 

 excellent — smaller than the Creve Cceur or La 



