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the Andalusian, the rest of the body colour being marked similarly to the hens. The Red Bruges Game is 
also highly prized, the cock having a dark orange-coloured hackle, the shoulders being more of a bright 
mahogany colour, the rest of the body black, with a greenish lustre. The hen to match the cock is salmon- 
red in breast, the hackles orange yellow, striped with black, the rest of the body feathers being marked with 
minute specks of black, on a yellowish ground colour. The Whites and Blacks need no description. Some 
of the latter are magnificent specimens. In selecting and breeding Bruges Game, the principal faults to be 
avoided are plumage of mixed colours, bright red combs in the Dark varieties, want of size, legs of a bad 
colour, body too short, white ear-lobes, drooping wings, crooked breasts, and wry tails. The chickens do not 
fatten quickly, nor is the flesh of the young birds very juicy, though as adult birds they are excellent eating. 
The Bruges Game are a variety of Poultry that should do well in Australia, and the Blues would be a most 
handsome and attractive variety for Exhibition purposes. 
Dominiques are one of the oldest of the early American productions, and at one time were held 
in high esteem for their general all-round useful qualities. There were a few specimens exhibited in this Colony 
from 1887 to 1890, but since the latter year have not been shown, the Plymouth Rock displacing them in 
public favour. They closely resemble the Scots Grey in plumage, differing to that variety in having rose 
combs, brilliant yellow legs, and being more of the Dorking shape in body. As recent as the present year 
there was one specimen exhibited in Victoria, but the variety is not fostered to any extent in the Colonies. 
In America they are recognised as good layers and fine Table Fowls, the cocks averaging from 6 to 8 lbs., 
the hens from 5 to 7 lbs. 
Faverolles.— This variety holds a very high position in France among the Table breeds. They 
were originated some thirty years ago in the village of Faverolles, and were produced from the crosses of 
Brahma, Cochin, and Dorking with the Houdan. Though not possessed of any strict uniformity of type or 
feather marking, they are a capital Table Fowl, and grow to an immense size. The breed is of a very tame 
and quiet disposition, the hens good sitters and excellent mothers, and the variety is one of the hardiest in 
existence, thriving well in any climate, being specially adapted for confinement in small runs. The general 
appearance of the majority of Faverolles tends towards the Asiatic, with the latter breed's quiet and imposing 
carriage, but there are others, again, which are more of the Dorking stamp in feather and type, and with the 
beard and muff of the Houdan. 
Frizzled Fowls. — This class of Fowl has to many a very unattractive appearance, the whole of the 
body feathers and hackles standing up on the shafts and pointing forwards, much as a very broody hen 
appears when excited, but this peculiarity is natural. We have at various times examined specimens, which 
differed widely in comb, shape, and colour, which can, however, be accounted for easily, as, by turning down 
a Frizzled cock amongst a lot of ordinary hens, at least 75 per cent, will exhibit the peculiar character in the 
position of the feathers, though more often taking in colour after the hens from which they were bred. 
Some of the best-developed specimens were white, but at the time of writing we do not know of a single 
specimen, and certainly are not aware of anyone attempting to perpetuate them. Of those with which we 
were acquainted there was never any reference made as to their useful qualities or the reverse, they being 
looked upon more as " oddities " than anything else. 
Japanese or Yokohama Long=TaiIed Fowls. — This is another peculiar breed of Poultry indigenous 
to Japan, some specimens of which have been exhibited at the recent Shows of the N.S.W. P.P.C. and D. 
Society, under the name of Shinawaratos, and which commanded some attention. We also inspected some 
of the variety at the Zoological Gardens, about five years ago. The cock, unfortunately, died since ; but the 
hens, we believe, are there still. The tails of these cocks were an immense length, the sickles dragging 
along the ground. The colour of the birds at the Zoological Gardens was similar to the Duckwing Game 
Fowl, the hens especially exhibiting the Game Fowl marking, but had extraordinary large tails, with a 
tendency to develop sickles in the top outer feathers. As to their useful qualities we cannot offer an opinion, 
but as an ornamental Fowl they are beyond question. 
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