THE DOMESTIC FOWL. 



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THE DORKING FOWL.* 



Svnonymes. — GaUus pentadactylus (?), Temminck ; Le Coq et la Fouls 

 a cinq doigts (?), of Buffon ; Das Funfzehiger JJuhn (?), of Bechstein ; 

 Dorkings, Speckled Dorkings, of the English and Anglo- Americans. 



For those who wish to stock their poultry yards 

 with fowls of most desirable shape and size, clothed in 

 rich and variegated plumage, and, not expecting per- 

 fection, are willing to overlook one or two other points, 

 the Dorkings are the breed, above all others to be 

 selected. They are larger-bodied, and of better pro- 

 portions, according to their size, than any other variety 

 I have yet seen, their bodies being rather long, plump, 

 and well-fleshed ; and the breeder, as well as the 

 housewife, generally beholds with delight their short 

 legs, full, broad breasts, little waste in offal, and the 



* So called from Dorking, a town in Surrey, England, which brought them 

 into modern repute. 



