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Black Polish hen, moulting, 



Golden Hamburgh, ditto . . ... 



Andalusian cockerel, four months old 



Ditto pullet, ditto, . . . . 



Black Spanish cockerel, ditto, 



Ditto pullet, ditto, . . . 



Silver Polish cockerel, four months and a half old, 



Golden Poland pullet, about five months old, 



White-crested golden Poland pullet, ditto, . 



It will appear from the foregoing, that for a cock, of 

 any breed, to reach 1\ lbs., even live weight, he must be 

 an unusually fine bird ; but this has to be doubled before 

 we can rival those Cochin-China specimens, in whose 

 existence some persons appear to believe. 



SAMUEL ALLEN. 

 To C. M. SAXTON. 



New York, January 2, 1890. 



