. Hill's album of biography and art : containing portraits and pen-sketches of many persons who have been and are prominent as religionists, military heroes, inventors, financiers, scientists, explorers, writers, physicians, actors, lawyers, musicians, artists, poets, sovereigns, humorists, orators and statesmen, together with chapters relating to history, science, and important work in which prominent people have been engaged at various periods of time. ITS ^k- STANDARD VARIETIES OF FOWLS ILLUSTRATED AND DESCRIBED—CONTINUED. ? The Langshan is a distinct bird, which originated in China, where
. Hill's album of biography and art : containing portraits and pen-sketches of many persons who have been and are prominent as religionists, military heroes, inventors, financiers, scientists, explorers, writers, physicians, actors, lawyers, musicians, artists, poets, sovereigns, humorists, orators and statesmen, together with chapters relating to history, science, and important work in which prominent people have been engaged at various periods of time. ITS ^k- STANDARD VARIETIES OF FOWLS ILLUSTRATED AND DESCRIBED—CONTINUED. ? The Langshan is a distinct bird, which originated in China, where it is honored asa sacred breed,and has become generally andfavorably known, both in Europeand America, for its excellentqualities and peculiar traits. Itis a large, showy fowl, veryhardy, and less liable to diseasethan most others of the Asiaticraces, is domestic in its habits,endures confinement well, andranks high as a layer in coldweather; indeed its prolific char-acteristics have given rise to theexpression that it lays itselfpoor. Its plumage is a deepblack, with a rich beetle-greentint displayed on its back, wingsand sickle tail-feathers; the tailis large, wide-spread, and wellelevated; the hackle is full, flowing and very glossy; the head iscomparatively small; the comb and wattles are of a deep, rich redcolor; the legs are of a dnrk slate shade and slightly feathered tothe outer toe, and the soles and web of the feet are of a pink liangshan Fowl. Tlie Duck-Wing Game is shown in varieties—the Silver-Grayand Yellow, or Birchen. The for-mer is white-skinned when ofpure breed. The plumage of thecock is of a silver-gray color; thehackle clear in color on the sur-face, but striped beneath withblack; the breast either a clear,mealy, silver color, or bluish-black; the back a clean silver-gray; a steel-blue bar across thewing, the lower part of which isof a creamy white, and the tail aglossy greenish-black. The henis of a silvery-bluish-gray, thick-ly frosted with a s
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