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POULTRY, DIFFERENT VARIETIES. 
•Xv i it. Large Asiatic Breeds. 
Of the numerous breeds and sub-divisions of these gigantic fowls, tbs 
Cochin-China and the Brahmas stand confessedly at the head. The 
Shanghais, and* the Chittagongs have, of late, fallen into disrepute, mi 
PARTRinnE Cochin Hen. 
A splnvUd specimen nntl winner of se\cm. p i/.eA 
confessedly so, from the superiority of the Cochins and the Brahmas. 
In the Shanghai family there are various colors. Gray, buff, cinnamon, 
partridge-colored and black. Twenty-five years ago they were regarded 
with enpecial favor, from the fact that they were of the then largest rise 
known. It must be confessed that when bred pure they are quiet, good 
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