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FOWLS. 



Chap. VII. 



which includes the anterior part of the brain. The ascending branches of 

 the prem axillary bones and the inner nasal processes are much shortened. 

 The orifice of the nostrils raised and crescentic. Beak short. Comb absent, 

 or small and of crescentic shape ; wattles either present or replaced by a 

 beard-like tuft of feathers. Legs leaden-blue. Sexual differences appear 

 late in life. Do not incubate. There are several beautiful varieties which 

 differ in colour and slightly in other respects. 



The following sub-breeds agree in having a crest, more or less developed, 



Fig. 31.— Hamburgh Fowl. 



with the comb, when present, of crescentic shape. The skull presents nearly 

 the same remarkable peculiarities of structure as in the true Polish fowl. 



Sub-breed (a) Sultans.— & Turkish breed, resembling white Polish fowls, 

 with a large crest and beard, with short and well-feathered legs. The tail 

 is furnished with additional sickle feathers. Do not incubate. 2 



Sub-breed (6) Ptarmigans.— An inferior breed closely allied to the last, 

 white, rather small, legs much feathered, with the crest pointed; comb 

 small, cupped ; wattles small. 



2 The best account of Sultans is by 

 Miss Watts in 'The Poultry Yard,' 

 1856, p. 79. I owe to Mr. Brent's 



kindness the examination of some speci- 

 mens of this breed. 



