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looking. The tail is very short and nearly destitute of feather* 

 but-the remainder of its body is abundantly coTered. The legs- 

 are short, stout, aiid well feathered; the head should be small, 

 with a single straight comb; the beak short and strong j^th^wat^ 

 ties small, and, the ear-lobes red and fine as to texture.^ There 

 are many Tarieties_of the Cochin viz — 'Buffs; this is the truie . 

 type of the colored birds, and for utility^ I think the best.' 



Pabteidgb Cochins.— Yery heavy; full round plump forms 

 and a majestic carriage. 



White Cochins. — These should be pure white all over. -Incil^' 

 yards amid the smoke and 4ust the White' Cochin do not appear 

 to advantage but in the cpuntry no variety looks more pleasing, 

 as thd beauty of their plumage depends on its clean andunsolli^' 

 condition. 



If well selected^ properly take^ bare of, and well fed, they 

 make a first-class table bird; they are hardy, do not require n£ach, 

 space, and I should recommend them to any person who only 

 wants to keep a few birds. 



SPANISH FOWLS. 



The Spanish fowls'have long been known and highly.esteemed , 

 in the United States for their great laying and non-sitting pro- 

 pensities. , 



All fowls are better for being hatched in a warm season, and 

 the Spanish are no exception to this. Though of a sound consti- 

 tutidn, no fowl is more itljured by cold wet weather. ■ Their 



