. The China fowl. Poultry. â sAJi " AM) "; (;);5.) TliL' above is an English picture of an early pair of Lio-ht IJralnnas belonging to Miss E. Watts â author of the London " Poultry Yard " â which she im- ])orted from Dr. J. C. Bennett, in I800. In 1874, she writes that Mr. Plaisted and Dr. B. selected all this stock bred by her. up to )2, when she obtained a pullet to cross with her own from Dr. (jrwynne's importation from America; and adds that '' about the same time " when she first received hers from Ame
. The China fowl. Poultry. â sAJi " AM) "; (;);5.) TliL' above is an English picture of an early pair of Lio-ht IJralnnas belonging to Miss E. Watts â author of the London " Poultry Yard " â which she im- ])orted from Dr. J. C. Bennett, in I800. In 1874, she writes that Mr. Plaisted and Dr. B. selected all this stock bred by her. up to )2, when she obtained a pullet to cross with her own from Dr. (jrwynne's importation from America; and adds that '' about the same time " when she first received hers from America, â¢' Mr. Baily, of Mount Street, London, received a pen of Dark Birds from Mr. Burnham, which were not exactly to her fancy, on account of their heavy color ; but they were very ; In closing this a,rticle upon selection and mating the Bi-ahmas, &c., for breed- ing, I ask the reader to compare the above drawing of Dr. Bennett's fowls of 1853 with the picture of my light Gray Shanghaes of 1852, on the opposite page. Both these engravings were drawn by the same European artist, from life. Is the difference (if there he any,) discoverable ? / can not see it. Yet one pair are drawn from my "⢠Gray Shanghaes" in 1852 '.'!, and the otliers are from Miss E. Watts' birds, sent her by Dr. Bennett and Plaisted, in 185;3 ' 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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