. Burnham's new poultry book. Poultry. A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON DOMESTIC FOWLS. 267 are so small that this furnishes but a tit-bit, in that particular : and they are bred only for fancy, as a rule. They are abundant layers of small white eggs. The black-breasted red, if trimmed of his comb and wattles, is a perfect miniature representative of the Game cock, and in his way, quite as ItED GAME-BANTAM. This is the nearest approach to the Bankiva Cock, or wild cock of Java; and so like it, in some individuals, as to be difficult to distinguish them. The black variety, called " Black S
. Burnham's new poultry book. Poultry. A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON DOMESTIC FOWLS. 267 are so small that this furnishes but a tit-bit, in that particular : and they are bred only for fancy, as a rule. They are abundant layers of small white eggs. The black-breasted red, if trimmed of his comb and wattles, is a perfect miniature representative of the Game cock, and in his way, quite as ItED GAME-BANTAM. This is the nearest approach to the Bankiva Cock, or wild cock of Java; and so like it, in some individuals, as to be difficult to distinguish them. The black variety, called " Black Spanish " Bantam in this country, from its perfect resemblance to that fowl, has all the pugnaci- ty of its congeners. The whole of the clean-legged tribe are recommended as good mothers. The Nankins are those in use at the great aviary of the Earl of Derby, for hatching out the various sorts of Quail, Par- tridge, and Pheasants, to which Mr. Thomson has added Cantelo's Incubator; and few in Great Britain, can boast of so much success or experience, as that experienced ornithologist. The white are precisely the same as the others, only different in color. James Walters, of Windsor, gives a rather unflattering account. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Burnham, George Pickering, 1814-1902. [from old catalog]. New York, Amerian news company;
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