. Principles and practice of poultry culture . Poultry. TURKEYS, PEAFOWLS, GUINEAS, PHEASANTS 437 are found in exhibitions. The male does not get his full adult plumage until the third year. Guineas. Guinea fowls are natives of Africa. They are supposed to have been brought to America by the Spaniards very soon after the discovery of the New World. The familiar varieties are the common gray, or Pearl Guinea, which has bluish-gray plumage with white spots, and the White Guinea. Cross-bred birds from these. â ,-':>!m' ' . â â *" Fig. 465. Pearl Guinea Fowl at Brook View Farm, Newbury, Ma
. Principles and practice of poultry culture . Poultry. TURKEYS, PEAFOWLS, GUINEAS, PHEASANTS 437 are found in exhibitions. The male does not get his full adult plumage until the third year. Guineas. Guinea fowls are natives of Africa. They are supposed to have been brought to America by the Spaniards very soon after the discovery of the New World. The familiar varieties are the common gray, or Pearl Guinea, which has bluish-gray plumage with white spots, and the White Guinea. Cross-bred birds from these. â ,-':>!m' ' . â â *" Fig. 465. Pearl Guinea Fowl at Brook View Farm, Newbury, Massachusetts two varieties sometimes show part white and part gray with white spots. There is said to be also a white variety with dark spots. Pheasants. The most familiar variety of pheasant is the Ring- neck, so called from a white ring about the neck of birds of the variety as they originally came from China. In England the stock has been crossed with other varieties, and in what are known as English Ringnecks and English Pheasants the ring is usually absent and there are other differences due to crossing with other varieties. These are all comparatively plain birds. There are many other varieties, some of which are of strikingly beautiful 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 Robinson, John H. (John Henry), 1863-1935. Boston ; New York : Ginn and Company
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