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THE DOMESTIC FOWL. 



THE SPANGLED HAMBURGH FOWL. 



SrnoNYMEs.— Gallus giganteus (var. ?), of Temminck ; Spangled Ham- 

 burgh Fowl, Golden Spangled Hamburgh, Silver Spangled Hamburgh 

 Fowl, of the English and Anglo-Americans. 



The spangled Hamburghs may be comprised under 

 two varieties, (" golden" and " silver,") the distinctive 

 characteristics being slight, and depending nearly alto- 

 gether upon color. In the " spangled Poland fowl," of 

 pure strain, there is no comb ; but the spangled Ham- 

 burgh has a small one, rising up into two, and sometimes 

 more, conical eminences, or horns, behind which is a 

 full pendent topknot. Under the insertion of the lower 

 mandible, or that portion of the neck corresponding to 

 the chin in man, is a full, dark-colored tuft, somewhat 

 resembling a beard. 



The wattles of the cock are small, and under the 

 throat as just observed, is a full, dark-colored tuft of 

 feathers. His general color is golden or orange-yellow, 

 each feather having a glossy, dark-brown or black tip, 



