. Domestic fowl and ornamental poultry;. VARIETIES OF THE DOMESTIC FOWL. 37 I. THE MALAY FOWL. The Malay Fowl has, as its name implies, been brought originally from the peninsula of that name at the southern point of the continent of India. He stands very high on the legs, is long-necked, serpent-headed, and is in. color usually dark brown, streaked with yellow, sometimes, however, white; his form and appearance are grand and striking in the extreme, and he is no small embellishment to the poultry-yard. This fowl is also fre- quently called the Chittagong. The kind of Malay fowl, however, that
. Domestic fowl and ornamental poultry;. VARIETIES OF THE DOMESTIC FOWL. 37 I. THE MALAY FOWL. The Malay Fowl has, as its name implies, been brought originally from the peninsula of that name at the southern point of the continent of India. He stands very high on the legs, is long-necked, serpent-headed, and is in. color usually dark brown, streaked with yellow, sometimes, however, white; his form and appearance are grand and striking in the extreme, and he is no small embellishment to the poultry-yard. This fowl is also fre- quently called the Chittagong. The kind of Malay fowl, however, that were originally imported, were by no means such birds as I could recommend to the notice of the breeder, their size possessing too much offal, as neck, legs, and thighs, and the flesh, more- over, being dark-colored and oily. Another variety has been since intro- duced, which is well worthy of our attention. As a cross, this Malay has, indeed, proved a most valuable addition to our poultry-yard, the cross-breed possessing all the hardiness of our native domestic fowl, with the gigantic size of the foreign stock. 11. THE JAVA FOWL. Resembling the Malay in shape, but presenting, in portions of its plum- age, the coloring of the Dorking. I hold this, its common appellation, to be a misnomer, and regard it as the result of a cross between a Malay and. 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 Richardson, H. D. [from old catalog]; Poultry. [from old catalog]. New York, C. M. Saxton
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