TYPES, BREEDS, AND VARIETIES OF FOWLS 373 



Fig. 366. Silver- Spangled Hamburg cock J- 



As " Dutch Everyday 

 Layers " they were 

 known in England a 

 hundred years ago. 

 Even as late as the 

 middle of the last cen- 

 tury they appeared in 

 the London market 

 direct from Holland. 

 They have the same 

 colors as the continen- 

 tal races mentioned, 

 except that the golden 

 variety has a black tail. 

 Spangled Hanibiirgs 

 (Golden and Silver). 

 According to some English authorities Hamburgs were a British 

 race of fowls bred in the north of England for centuries. Con- 

 sidering the constant communication between the island and the 

 continent, it may well be that, 

 though bred in England for 

 several hundred years, they 

 were of foreign origin, and the 

 stock perhaps kept up by fre- 

 quent importations. Certainly 

 a comparison of the color pat- 

 terns of fowls as developed in 

 different parts of Europe indi- 

 cates that these varieties must 

 have originated where all the 

 other novel styles of markings 

 did. English breeders and fan- 

 ciers may be credited with hav- 

 ing improved and perfected 

 these markings and also those of the penciled varieties, but it 

 seems altogether improbable that they originated them. In size 



1 Photographs of Silver-Spangled Hamburgs from owner, Dr. J. S. Wolfe, 

 Bloomfield, New Jersey. 



Fig. 367. Silver-Spangled Hamburg hen 



