. Le compagnon américain du poulterer: : un traité pratique sur l'élevage, l'élevage, l'engraissement et la gestion générale des différentes espèces de volaille domestique, : avec des illustrations, et des portraits de chouettes prises de la vie. . ce pays. Il se distingue par le fait que toutes les extrémités de ses plumes sont redirigées vers le haut et pour-pupilles, donnant une apparence singulière à volants ou à frisanceà son extérieur. Il est souvent variégé avec des finecolores, mais ceux qui prennent la plupart de la race originalbreed, ont le plumage blanc et les pieds lisses. La chair est fine et délicate. Il est moins approprié que thecommon volaille pour le TH

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. The American poulterer's companion: : a practical treatise on the breeding, rearing, fattening, and general management of the various species of domestic poultry, : with illustrations, and portraits of fowls taken from life. . that country. It is distinguished byhaving all the ends of its feathers turned up and for-wards, giving a singular ruffled or frizzled appearanceto its exterior. It is frequently variegated with finecolors, but those which partake most of the originalbreed, have white plumage and smooth feet. Theflesh is fine and delicate. It is less suitable than thecommon fowl for the farmer, the chickens being sen-sible to cold and wet, and are more frequently rearedfor curiosity than for other purposes. This bird hasbeen introduced into this country, and by some wehave heard it called the Russian and French breed, which is, however, a very different bird. Here, at thenorth, our climate is even too severe for the grown fowls. The specimens from which our portraits weretaken, were presented to us by our friend Dr. Wightof Boston, and are now in our possession, and weconsider them of little value, further than making outour variety and gratifying curiosity. 184 DOMESTIC VARIETIES. Fig. 44.SILKY FOWL.. This bird, by modern writers, is considered aspecies, rather than a variety. It is of good size, andthe whole body is covered with feathers, the webs ofwhich are disunited somewhat in the manner of someof the feathers of the ostrich and the peacock, andappear some like hairs and glossy silk. The legs arecovered on the outside to the toes. Individuals ofthis sort differ in respect to color, as in other varieties, some are pure white, and others of a dingy-brown;and all of them with dark-colored legs, nor are thelegs always feathered. This bird is indigenous inJapan, where it is much prized, and is also found in DOMESTIC VARIETIES. 185 China, where they are frequently offered in cages forsale to the Europeans. The skin and bones are saidto be black, which gives it

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