. 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. and rank high asfancy birds. Besides the Gold-, there are the , the Golden-Pencilled,tli<- Silver-Pencilled, the
. 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. and rank high asfancy birds. Besides the Gold-, there are the , the Golden-Pencilled,tli<- Silver-Pencilled, the White,atid the Blaek, and all are aboutlli(! size of the ordinary barnyardfowl. None of them manifest anydisposition to hatch their young,but continue to hiy regularly near-ly every day, except during themolting season. The origin ofthe Hamburgh is uncertain, butthe name would indicate a Gor-man connection. Characteristicscommon to all varieties are size,brilliant rose combs, ending be-hind in an upward projecting Bpfke, blue legs, and *<pangl(;d or pen-cilled plumage. There seem to be two varieties, alfo, of both theGold and Silver clasHeK, the principal difference being in the shapeof their respective t*pangles. In England those witli round or moon-Rhaped spangles are known an Mooneys. The color is a richgolden bay, with a rich black spancle, which presents a gloswy greenreflertinn in llie litjht, and all tin- ^[)angleH arc regular in Oold-Spangled Hambiureh Fowl. The Spangled Poland, like the Hamburgh, is classed as the Sil-ver-Spangled and the Gold-Span-gled. The plumage of the formerhas a ground-color of silver-white,with well-defined, moon-sh;iprd,black spangles. In the cock thefeathers are white, edged and tip-ped with black; in the hen eachhackle-feather has a spangle at theend. The tail-feathers are clearwhite, with a large spangle on theend of each, and the wings of bothcock and ben are double-barredwith spangles. The breast-colorof the cock should be free
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