. 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. e Light in comb,form and symmetry, but very op-posite to it in color. The head ofthe cock is crowned with a -pea-comb, or three small combs r
. 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. e Light in comb,form and symmetry, but very op-posite to it in color. The head ofthe cock is crowned with a -pea-comb, or three small combs run-ning parallel along the bead length-wise, the middle one being thehighest, but all straight and ser-rated, aud set low and firmly onthe head. The beak is strong, well-curved and of a horn color. Thewattles are full, and the ear-lobespurely red, well-roundedand hang-ing below the wattles. The neckis short, neatly curved, with fullhackles of silver-white, streakedwith black and flowing well overthe back and sides of the head-feathers are white. The back is almost white, short, flat and wide, rising at the rump,where the plumage merges into a soft, small tail, with consi<i-erable upright carriage. The neck and saddle-feathers are white,striped with black, and their length gives character to the the saddle to the tail, and on the sides of the tail, are lustrousgreen-black feathers, with a few white ones next to the Dark Brahma Fow^l. The White-Crested Poland is most widely known of the severalvarieties of this favurite fowl. Theweight of the cock is 5 or 6 lbs.,and that of the hen, 4 or 5 lbs. Inconstitution it is delicate, and par-ticularly subject to roup. Thecock, in carriage, like that ofother varieties of the Poland, isbold and graceful, with the neckthrown rather back toward the crest is large, regular and fullthroughout, white in color, buthavinga/<?»blackfeaihers in is no comb. The wattlesare full and of a bright
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