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the last, white, rather small, legs much feathered, with the crest 

 pointed ; comb small, cupped ; wattles small. 



Sub-breed (o) Ghoondooks. — Another Turkish breed having an 

 extraordinary appearance ; black and tailless ; crest and beard large ; 

 legs feathered. The inner processes of the two nasal bones come 

 into contact with each other, owing to the complete abortion of the 

 ascending branches of the preniaxillaries. I have seen an allied 

 white, tailless breed from Turkey. 



Sub-breed (d) Creve-coeur. — A French breed of large size, barely 

 capable of flight, with short black legs, head crested, comb produced 

 into two points or horns, sometimes a little branched like the horns 

 of a stag ; both beard and wattles present. Eggs large. Disposition 

 quiet. 3 



Sub-breed (?) TTorned fowl. — With a small crest; comb produced 

 into two great points, supported on two bony protuberances. 



Sub-breed (/) Houdan. — A French breed ; of moderate size, short- 

 legged with five toes, well developed; plumage invariably mottled 

 with black, white, and straw-yellow ; head furnished with a crest, on 

 a triple comb placed transversely ; both wattles and beard present. 4 



Sub-breed (g) Guelderlands. — No comb, head said to be surmounted 

 by a longitudinal crest of soft velvety feathers ; nostrils said to be 

 crescentic ; wattles well developed ; legs feathered ; colour black. 

 From North America. The Breda fowl seems to be closely allied to 

 the Guelderland. 



8. Bantam Breed. — Originally from Japan, 5 characterised by 

 small size alone ; carriage bold and erect. There are several sub- 

 breeds, such as the Cochin, Game, and Sebright Bantams, some of 

 which have been recently formed by various crosses. The Black 

 Bantam has a differently shaped skull, with the occipital foramen 

 like that of the Cochin fowl. 



9. Eumpless Fowls. — These are so variable in character 6 that 

 they hardly deserve to be called a breed. Any one who will examine 

 the caudal vertebras will see how monstrous the breed is, 



10. Creepers or Jumpers. — These are characterized by an almost 

 monstrous shortness of legs, so that they move by jumping rather 

 than by walking; they are said not to scratch up the ground. I 

 have examined a Burmese variety, which had a skull of rather 

 unusual shape. 



11. Frizzled or Caffre Fowls. — Not uncommon in India, with 

 the feathers curling backwards, and with the primary feathers of 

 the wing and tail imperfect; periosteum of bones black. 



3 A good description, with figures, 5 Mr. Crawfurd, ' Descript. Diet. 

 is given of this sub-breed in the of the Indian Islands,' p. 113. Ban- 

 ' Journal of Horticulture,' June 10th, tams are mentioned in an ancient 

 1862, p. 206. native Japanese Encyclopaedia, as I am 



4 A description, with figures, is informed by Mr. Birch of the British 

 gi\ r en of this breed in 'Journal of Museum. 



Horticulture,' June 3rd, 1862, p. 186. 6 ' Ornamental and Domestic Pou 



S'jme writers describe the comb as try,' 184-8. 



two-horned. 



