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JAPANESE FUK FOWLS. 



These are a variety of the Silky fowl, hut are distinguished from that breed 

 by having a white skin ; red face, comb and wattles, the comb being of the 

 "rose" shape; and in being heavily crested and bearded. They were first im- 

 ported into the United States in 1872 by Geo. H. Carey, of New York, accord- 

 ing to a statement in the Povitry World for May, 1879. 



This breed is not yet recognized in the American Stamdaird, 



FBIZZLIES. 



This name appropriately describes a breed of fowls which was described by 

 Aldrovaudus, and has been known ever since. It is stated by Temminck that 

 this breed is widely domesticated in southern Asia, Java, Sumatra, and all the 

 Phillipine islands, and that its prevailing color is white, although there are 

 many black and brown specimens. As bred in the United States the Frizzlies 

 are of all colors, from white to black. 



Their distinguishing peculiarity is the curious disposition of the feathers to 

 curve forward towards the head, giving the bird the appearance of having been 

 roughly "rubbed the wrong way." 



The English writers on poultry do not give the Frizzlies a good character for 

 constitution nor productiveness ; but several American breeders speak of them 

 as being very hardy and excellent layers ; enduring the cold of winter well, and 

 attaining an average weight of five or six pounds, 



BintPEINS. 



The Bumpkins, or Eumpless Fowls, were also described by Aldrovandus, 

 which shows them to be an old breed. The name is derived from the absence of 

 the last vertebra of the back, those which support the fleshy protuberance from 

 which the tail grows, consequently the fowls are tailless. Their origin has. been 

 ascribed by Temminck to the forests of Ceylon, but this conclusion is pronounced 

 premature by E. L. Layord, who, writing from Ceylon in 1850 to the " Ga/rdeners 

 Chronide," says: "The Bumpless Fowl is not an inhabitant of this island. It 

 is a rather rare, tame introduction from Cochin, I am told. It may appear like 

 boasting, but I can confidently say I am more acquainted with the Ceylon fauna 

 than any man living, and that if the bird had existed wUd I must have seen it. 

 WaHMiUli (the name given by Temminck to the supposed wUd Bumpkin) "is 

 the name for the female of GdHas Stamleyi, meaning literally WaM, jungle, and 

 KHeW, hen. The name of the Bumpkin is ChoeSmhuMo, literally. Cochin 

 fowls. " 



Mr. Tegetmeier quotes the above with- approval, and further says: "There 

 can be no doubt that the Bumpless fowl does not exist in a wild st^te in any 

 region of the Globe, It has evidently taken its rise in an accidental v&riation, 

 which has been perpetuated by the care of man ; its continued existence is a 

 very good example of the perpetuation of a variety by the process of artificial 

 selection. *' 



Mr. Hewitt is quoted by Tegetmeier as saying with regard to these fowls :— 

 "It is difficult to breed tbem to any particular color; as with the most rigid 



