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FANCIERS 
throughout the house, picking here and there a spider ora 
fly. He would hop to an open door and take a cautious gaze 
at passers by, and if disturbed would fly back, out of the 
reach of harm. He was the joy and pet of the household, 
but as the vigorous Northern winter set in, he was obser- 
ved to droop, and at length perished a victim to acclimation. 
The mocking-bird should never be exposed to inclement 
weather, but should have the benefit of fresh air as much as 
possible, protected, however, from the scorching rays of the 
sun by a covering thrown over the cage. 
The mocking-bird is clothed in plain but neat attire, yet 
its lively and graceful motions, together with its elegant 
form, are quite sufficient to render it attractive as a house- 
hold pet. 
The plumage of the male and female closely resemble each 
other. The following marks are considered sufficient to dis- 
tinguish them: 
“The male has the white on the wings extending over the 
whole nine primaries, or quill feathers, down to and well 
over the coverts; these are also white, though sometimes 
tipped with brown, the white of the primaries extending 
equally on both vanes of the feathers. 
‘In the female the white is not so clear, and extends only 
over seven or eight of the primaries, and more on the broad 
than on the narrow vane of the feathers; the black of the 
wing is also less deep, being of a brownish shade. 
‘The mocking-bird measures nine and a half inches in 
length; at an expanse of wings thirteen inches. The upper 
part of the head, neck, and back, dark brownish-ash. Wings 
and tail nearly black; primaries as described above; first 
and second row of coverts tipped with white. Tail cunei- 
form; the two outer feathers wholly white; the others, ex- 
cept the middle ones, tipped with white. Neck, breast, and 
whole under parts clouded white. Iris of a yellowish-cream 
color. Bill black; base of the lower mandible whitish. 
Legs and feet black, and stoutly formed.” : 
The mocking-bird is subject to diseases peculiar to its 
variety, which may be described as follows: 
DIARRHGA, or looseness of the bowels, is often produced 
by improper diet, by allowing their food to sour in the cage. 
Meal-worms, spiders, grasshoppers, and dried currants will 
often relieve. 
BuiinpDNneEss.—For this there is no remedy. Whenever it 
occurs it must necessarily prove fatal; for with it is asso- 
ciated disease of the brain, through the medium of which 
the optic nerve is affected. 
Bapyess, or the dropping of the head feathers, usually 
commences around the eyes, and is generally fatal. 
Symptoms.—Continued restlessness, and rubbing of the 
parts on the perch or cage. 
Treatment.—F lowers of sulphur, rubbed up with a little 
water to the consistence of paste, and applied twice per day 
to the affected parts, will allay the itching, and may com- 
pletely check the disease if early applied. 
Pip.—lIf they refuse to eat, examine their tongue care- 
fully, and you will discover a horny scale upon the end of 
the tongue, which should be removed; if allowed to remain 
>it will be at the sacrifice of the life of the bird. 
James S. Battey, M.D. 
Albany, N. Y. 

fas A. D. Warren, Worcester, Mass., had, on exhibition 
at the Buffalo. show, just closed, two coops of his recently 
imported Golden Chinese Pheasants. They were quite an 
attractive feature of the show. 
JOURNAL AND POULTRY EXCHANGE. 

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EXHIBITION OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA 
POULTRY SOCIETY. 
THE number of entries at this exhibition was not as large 
this year as last, but the fowls were better than at any pre- 
vious show. 
The largest contributors were A. A. Miller, who showed 
forty coops; C. B. Elben, twenty-three ; S. H. Cook, twenty; 
and Joseph Bamford, fourteen. Mr. Miller took 34 society 
and special premiums; Mr. Elben, 19; Mr. Cook, 16; and 
Mr. Bamford, 14. 
The show of Dark Brahmas, was much better than that 
of last year. The Dark Cock which took 2d this year, is 
the same one that took 1st and special last year. 
D. J. Rogers, of Mansfield, Pa., exhibited eight beautiful 
pullets, which had been carefully selected from the H. H. 
G. Sharpless yards. Mr. Miller, of Oakdale, Pa., also ex- 
hibited three pullets and two hens from the same yards, 
which were very fine indeed. These two gentlemen also 
showed some very finely marked cockerels, but they were 
quite young, and not sufficiently developed to show to best 
advantage. A pair of hens shown by S. H. Cook, were well 
matched and finely penciled. 
The display of 
LIGHT BRAHMAS 
was quite large and very good. OC. B. Elben, exhibited a 
cock whose pedigree runs directly back to the yards of Mr, 
Felch. He is a very fine bird, combining large size with 
compact form, and with medium length of leg. 
The 2d premium cock was lately purchased by Mr. Gregg, 
from P. Williams, and isa good sample of Mr. Williams’ 
breeding stock. While both styles have their admirers, we 
confess to a decided preference for the former, as coming 
nearer to what the Brahma fowl ought to be. 
While the show of chicks was very good, and some fine 
birds were exhibited, yet they were almost without excep- 
tion, to our mind, too long in the legs, and lacking in com- 
pactness of form. In 
BUFF COCHINS, 
the number of entries was not large. The principal exhib- 
itors in this class were Joseph Bamford and A. A. Miller. 
Two cocks exhibited by A. A. Miller, and recently pur- 
chased by him of Jos. M. Wade, Esq., were fine in form and 
carriage, even in color throughout, and of that shade of col- 
oring most prized by Cochin fanciers. 
A cock shown by Jos. Bamford, was also very fine, but 
was more loose in the feathering, and, to our fancy, in- 
ferior in color; and while appearing very much larger than 
either of the two above mentioned, was found to be of exactly 
the same weight as one of them. Both of these exhibitors 
showed some excellent hens and chicks of this variety. 
PARTRIDGE COCHINS 
were pretty well represented as to number, and were fair in 
quality. Many of the birds were rather young for first- 
class exhibition birds. There was but one trio each of 
Black and White Cochins; these however were very fine. 
THE DORKING CLASS 
was not very largely represented, though the specimens 
were quite good. 
C. B. Elben, J. Dyer, and others, made a good display of 
American Dominiques. This class is evidently growing in 
favor, and promises in the future to attract a larger share 
of attention than it has hitherto done. 
