CORRESPONDENCE. 
Branksmare, Barbados, West Indies, June 16, 1912. 
To Editor of American Veterinary Review: 
Sir —The inclosed photo is of a pea hen, which has for some 
reason assumed the plumage of a male bird, after doing which 
she is unable to spread her tail. 
This peculiar bird is the property of Mr. Douglas Carter, a 
merchant of this city. 
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The above pea hen has been in my possession for about ten years, and assumed the plumage 
a cock about three years ago. 
D. H. R. Carter. 
Mr. Carter tells me that she has often laid, but her eggs never 
hatched. She was for some years quite satisfied with the usual 
appearance of a hen, but owing to some freak, she developed her 
present appearance. 
Is there a suffragette microbe by which she could have been 
inoculated ? 
Hoping you will find this of sufficient interest for a place in 
your valuable periodical, 
I am yours, 
R. A. Stoute, 
Government Veterinary Surgeon 
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