23 POLAND FOWL. 



which is ample, spreading towards the extremity in the hen, and 

 having well defined sickle feathers in the coek. The legs should 

 be lead color or black, and rather short than otherwise. 



The varieties among us are the Black; White; the Golden Span- 

 gled; and the Silver Spangled. 



Black Polands. — Cock; body, neck, and tail, black, With 

 metallic tints of green; crest, white, with a few black feathers 

 at the base of the bill; comb, very small, consisting only of two 



