. The China fowl : Shanghae, Cochin, and "Brahma.". ssessors of those birds in England or America,usually with us upon this side of the Atlantic also, took the name of theimporter or owner of such birds, in the early days; as, for example, in theinstances of the Bailies, the Forbes, the Marsh, the Cushing, or the Burn-ham Shanghaes; which exact types of fowls are, however, in accordancewith poultry society Standard rules at the present time, denominated Cochins Of thef Cochin Chinas we shall speak at length in anotherchapter: we simply mention this u convertible term here, in order that therea
. The China fowl : Shanghae, Cochin, and "Brahma.". ssessors of those birds in England or America,usually with us upon this side of the Atlantic also, took the name of theimporter or owner of such birds, in the early days; as, for example, in theinstances of the Bailies, the Forbes, the Marsh, the Cushing, or the Burn-ham Shanghaes; which exact types of fowls are, however, in accordancewith poultry society Standard rules at the present time, denominated Cochins Of thef Cochin Chinas we shall speak at length in anotherchapter: we simply mention this u convertible term here, in order that thereader of this volume may not confound the two names, as we proceed. We will describe the old Shanghae fowl first, therefore, because throughpriority in date we received in America — in Salem, Mass., in Philadelphia, 24 THE CHINA FOWL. at New York City, and elsewhere (so it has been frequently stated) —from Shanghae, China, the earliest consignments of this stock. It has been said that as early as in 1843, such birds came both into Salem e. PAIR OF YELLOW SHANGHAES — COCK AND PULLET. (1849.) and Philadelphia, though I deem this announcement problematical. Thewell-known stock of Messrs. Sturgeon and Moody of England was receivedfrom China by those gentlemen in 1847, — so they inform us; and these were SHANGHAE, CO CHIX, BRAHMA. 25 among the very first accredited Shanghaes we heard of. They were cer-tainly very early birds. Mr. Sturgeon writes to Mr. Tegetmeier of Londonthat he got his fowls in 1847, from a ship in the West India docks. Aclerk of his chanced to go on board, who, struck by the appearance of theseextraordinary fowls, bought them, on his own responsibility, at what considered and denounced as a most extravagant price, — six or eightshillings (less than two dollars) each ! A younger brother of Mr. Sturgeonsunwittingly killed two of the five birds on their arrival, leaving him but acock and two pullets. He took little interest in them at that
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