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or three spikes; large vataes, bright ted; ^-lohe, -white; the 

 GkoQ, jnirtpad of being flat as in other varieties, has a fleshy pro- 

 tuberance or roaad knob. 



Hex; tiie same colors; vatQes smaller than those of the cock; 

 in other points the same. 



Whitk Poi.a3J1>s. — These should be pure white all over with 

 the exoepfaoa of the legs which are of a blue or slate odor. 



Gou>X5 Spaxglkb, — Cock; ground color, very bright ochre 

 yeQow, black si>angles, which, in a particular light, have a beau- 

 tiful greenish tint; crest^ chestnut, with a few white feathers, 

 black beaid; comb and wattles small; hackle and saddle feathers, 

 golden yeOow; thigh, generally black, but some specimens have 

 them spangled; sickle feathers, daik brown and veiy large, the 

 sm^er ade ones lifter in the colots, and beautifiilly &oed with 

 black; I^s, slate color. 



Hehb; — general colois the same; breast, ne^ and back, span- 

 gled; tail and wing feathers, laced. 



StLTKR SFAVGI.ED. — ^The <M]ly diSerenee between this variety 

 and the preceding one is in the ground, which is a beautifnl 

 , alver white. 



Tlffi Folands very often have croolxd backs; wheal buying 

 them the best mode for detecting the defonnity is to lay the palm 

 of the right hand flat on the bird's back, by which any irr^u- 

 larity of Qiher hip, or a curve in the back heme from the hips to 

 the taO win be detected. 



THE SULTAIT FOWL. 



The Snl^m^ or Feather-footed White Pidisfa, aie a very ele- 

 gant and pleasing variety, and were imported fiom Constanti- 

 ->o|^ They partake <^tiie character of tiiePoli^ in their chief 



