. The American farmer's pictorial cyclopedia of live stock ... Livestock; Veterinary medicine. <)34 TJIK AMEKlCAxN ! S STOCK HOOK. the ' fowl described loni]; ajro by Aldrovaiidus. To<retmeicr says of thoin, that perliaps no variety of fowl ever rejoiced in more synonyms liian this very pretty, and, in siiitahle situations, protitahlc breed : they have been long termed Bolton Grays, from l)f'inif extensively ami success- fully cultivated in and about Bolton, in Lancashire ; Creoles, from the intermixture of tiie l)lack and white in their plumaije ; Creeln, which is a prov
. The American farmer's pictorial cyclopedia of live stock ... Livestock; Veterinary medicine. <)34 TJIK AMEKlCAxN ! S STOCK HOOK. the ' fowl described loni]; ajro by Aldrovaiidus. To<retmeicr says of thoin, that perliaps no variety of fowl ever rejoiced in more synonyms liian this very pretty, and, in siiitahle situations, protitahlc breed : they have been long termed Bolton Grays, from l)f'inif extensively ami success- fully cultivated in and about Bolton, in Lancashire ; Creoles, from the intermixture of tiie l)lack and white in their plumaije ; Creeln, which is a provincial mode of pronouncing Creoles ; Vvrals, because tiic numerous points of their polisiied, brifriit scarlet rose combs bear no distant resem- blance to red coral; Penciled Du/cft, because many are imported from Holland ; JJutch Every-<Jatj and EvtrlaslimiH, for the same rea-. ~ii,vi;ii i' son, and their great |)roductiveness as layers ; and Chitfepraf)^, the deri- vation of which is not so obvious. Chittefaee, according to Bailey, the lcxicograi)hcr, means a meagre child ; and Chitteprat, if intended to de- scribe a diminutive hen, would not l)e misapplied to one of this variety. The general characters of Penciled Hamburgs may be thus stated: They are birds of small size, compact and neat in form, sprightly and cheerful in carriage. In the plumage on the body of the hens, each feather (witii the excejjtion of thos(! of the neck-hackle, which should be perfectly free from dark mai-ks) is (HMuiled with several transverse bars of black on a clear ground, which is white in the silver, and a rich l)ay in the golden birds. These pencilings have given rise to the name of the. 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 Periam, Jonathan. [from old catalog]; Baker, A. H. , [from old catalog] joi
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