By Ferd. J . Sudow, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 



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TheiVulturine Guinea Fowl 



This beautiful bird is rather larger than 

 the common guinea fowl, longer in neck and 

 leg and more erect in carriage. The tail is 

 much longer than the common guinea's, 

 the head has neither helmet nor wattle, 

 simply bare and plain, and the neck and 

 breast are covered with hackles. The plum- 

 age is black spotted with white, much hand- 

 somer than the common guinea fowl, and 

 the sides of the belly are most beautiful, 

 azure blue, which color also tinges the hackles 

 at their edges. The wing feathers are bor- 

 dered with Ulac, the head is slate colored, 

 and the legs are black. These birds require 

 warm quarters and good shelter. They 

 will breed in confinement. Hen averages 

 fifteen to twenty eggs in a season. They are 

 certainly one of the most beautiful, unique 

 and desirable birds on this globe for aviary 

 purposes. 



Four species of jungle fowl are known, 



all bearing a resemblance to domestic fowl, 



a little over bantam size. However, they 



look more like a pheasant, the tail being 



kept low. The plumage is like a black-red domestic game-fowl, single comb and of smal 



size. They will stand confinement well and breed well in April till July. 



THE VULTURINE GUINEA FOWL 



JUNGLE FOWL 



If you want eggs in winter it is absolutely necessary that you should feed cut clover 

 which produces the shell. 



For loose bowels feed heavy oats. 



