December 29, 1881. ] 
JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
595 
with the'addition of a few grass runs, of being adapted for breeding 
yards of any of the Asiatic varieties. M- st of their usuil inhabi¬ 
tants were at the time of our visit in the show pens at Birmingham, 
but there were some few fine specimens left at home. 
Returning past theheuse to the opposite side to that occupied 
by this range of runs, we f und ourselves in a large run with an 
adjoining house, occupied by some dozen -white Cochin cockerels. 
These were very uniform in typj and promising, but were too 
young when we saw them to h r n any accurate estimate of their 
ultimate qualities. 
Further on still we came upon another good-sized run filled with 
Cochin and Brahma hens in various stages of moult. In con?c- 
Fig. 100. 
quence of the transition of plumage the Buffs were hardly to even in 
colour as at other periods of the year ; but we were so much struck 
with the beauty of type as regards shape of the Cochins, that we 
shall, by Mr. Tomlinson’s kindness, submit in a future number an 
engraving of his Buff Cochin hen “Empress,” wh'eh our readers may 
well_take as a model of true Cochin shape and character. 
Further on still wo came upon a lot of Buff cockerels, amongst 
which we noted several promising birds; ini beyond these again a 
lot of raw young Dark Brahma cockerels, which, though hardly 
as pure in colour as we like, wero of great size for their age, and 
had neat heads and combs and that sweeping outline which is so 
characteristic of this breed. 
