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varieties bearing this and other names found in different 

 parts of Europe and this country, one of the most 

 interesting of which is called the "Spanish fowl" (see 

 vignette). The body and tail feathers are of a rich 

 black, with occasionally a little white on the breast. The 

 deportment of the cock is grave and stately, and his 

 eyes are encircled with a ring of brownish feathers, 

 from which rises a black tuft that covers the ears. 

 Behind the comb, there are other similar feathers, as 

 well as beneath the wattles. The legs and feet are of 

 a leaden color, except the soles of the feet, which are 

 yellowish. 



The famous "shack-backs," "shack-bags," or "Duke 

 of Leeds' fowl," in vogue in England some years" ago, 

 were supposed to have been a cross between the jago 

 and Dorking fowls. 



The Shanghae Cochin-China Fowl. — This breed is 

 said to have been carried from the eastern part of 

 Cochin-China to the city of Shanghae ; thence to Liver- 

 pool, in England, whence they were conveyed to Bos- 

 ton, in Massachusetts, by Captain Forbes, in 1848. 



In general shape and appearance, these fowls re- 

 semble the true Cochin-Chinas, of which they are doubt- 

 less a cross, though they have a greater depth of quarter, 

 less depth of breast, and are lighter in their % .color. 

 Their legs invariably are large and heavily feathered. 

 The general plumage is of a bright-yellow, or gold color, 

 variegated with dark-brown or red. Their eggs, also, 

 are of a lighter mahogany color than those of their con- 

 geners, the Cochin-Chinas, but are equally large and 

 as good in flavor. It is stated in the Massachusetts 

 Ploughman, that Mr. Phillips, of Marshfield, had a 

 pullet of this breed, which laid 120 eggs in one hun- 

 dred and twenty-five days ; then stopped six days ; re- 

 commenced, and laid 16 eggs more ; ceasecL laying four 

 days, and then continued to lay again. 



The chickens are said to be quite uniform in size, 

 healthy, hardy, of rapid growth, early maturity,. tender- 

 fleshed, and of excellent flavor. In their present form 



