. The China fowl. Poultry. 62 THE CHINA FOWL. Cochins of our time. The figures are presented for purposes of comparison with other drawings of fowls in this volume, with the reminder that these delineations represent the Cochin stock first had in America, and otherwise portrayed in Weir's picture (in 1844) of these smooth-legged birds on page 48, representing the Queen's SIX MONTHS' OLD COCKEREL AND PULLETS. BURNHAM'S EARLY "COCHINS" (1850). The name of " Cochin " was afterwards generally adopted in Great Britain for all the different colored Chinese fowls; and fi
. The China fowl. Poultry. 62 THE CHINA FOWL. Cochins of our time. The figures are presented for purposes of comparison with other drawings of fowls in this volume, with the reminder that these delineations represent the Cochin stock first had in America, and otherwise portrayed in Weir's picture (in 1844) of these smooth-legged birds on page 48, representing the Queen's SIX MONTHS' OLD COCKEREL AND PULLETS. BURNHAM'S EARLY "COCHINS" (1850). The name of " Cochin " was afterwards generally adopted in Great Britain for all the different colored Chinese fowls; and fine samples were bred there of the Buff, the Cinnamon, and the Partridge especially, which were sent out to this country, and which are now being imported thence continually, by American breeders and fanciers, to replenish and keep up the character of the " Cochin " stock now in this 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]. [Boston, Press of Rand, Avery, & co. ]
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