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ILLUSTRATED STOCK DOCTOR. 
Doming, the large Malay, and the Wild Indian fowl. Fanciers becoming 
interested in this breed, it was very considerably disseminated, but failed 
to give satisfaction on account of the want of uniformity in the chickens 
cither in marking or form. Much bitter controversy has ensued, 
which shows that there were several different origins, in which the Java, 
Cochin, Gray Ckattagongs, Dominique, Gray Dorking, and even the com- 
mon dunghill fowl figured. Of late years fowls have been produced 
under the name of Improved Plymouth Rocks, the modern style show- 
ing excellent and uniform breeding. A fowl that grows rapidly, fledges 
early, making flesh fast, and which in the hands of expert fanciers, com- 
bines many of the most excellent qualities to be desired, either as layers 
or as table birds. 
VIII. The Ostrich Fowls. 
This excellent breed originated in 
Bucks county, Pa., and were called 
Bucks county fowls. The cocks of 
this variety will average nine pounds. 
They are good layers, sometimes pro- 
ducing forty or fifty eggs before be- 
coming broody. The eggs are large 
and of good flavor ; the flesh white, 
firm, and of excellent quality. The 
color of the cock is a dark blue- 
black ; the ends of the feathers tipped 
eucks coukty, (pa.) fowls. with white ; wings a yellow or gold- 
en tinge ; hackle dark, glossy blue. A double rose comb surmounts 
the head with large wattles beneath. The carriage is bold and alert. 
The hen is similarly colored, but more sober in shade, with a plump, 
thick body, a high serrate single comb, wattles large, and legs short and 
of a dark color. 
IX. Hamburg Fowls. 
The Hamburg fowls all have these characteristics : They have bright 
double combs, firmly fixed, and ending in a long point turned up behind. 
They are of medium size, of sprightly carriage ; tails large and held 
Upright with long plume feathers ; of robust constitutions, great layers, 
seldom broody ; in fact, almost never, when kept in confinement. The 
eggs are small but of excellent flavor. 
X. Black Hamburgs. 
This is probably the best variety of the family for farmers, and in fact 
one of the very best of the black fowls, Possessing tho two-fold value 
