. Wright's book of poultry, revised and edited in accordance with the latest poultry club standards. further appeared that in the Japanese GreatNational J\Iuseum at Tokio there were pre-served two specimens of the race, in which thesickle-feathers measure 13J- feet and 17 feetrespectively! and a feather has been actuallysent to France which measured 2 metres 85centimetres in length. In 1884, Mr. GeraldWaller, of Twywell, imported a pen of thesestill more extraordinary birds , and from his 496 THE BOOK OF POULTRY. statements it appears that they are known inJapan as Shinowaratao, Shirifuzi, or
. Wright's book of poultry, revised and edited in accordance with the latest poultry club standards. further appeared that in the Japanese GreatNational J\Iuseum at Tokio there were pre-served two specimens of the race, in which thesickle-feathers measure 13J- feet and 17 feetrespectively! and a feather has been actuallysent to France which measured 2 metres 85centimetres in length. In 1884, Mr. GeraldWaller, of Twywell, imported a pen of thesestill more extraordinary birds , and from his 496 THE BOOK OF POULTRY. statements it appears that they are known inJapan as Shinowaratao, Shirifuzi, or Saka-watao fowls, and by other various names. Thevery long-tailed ones are kept in high, narrowcages, always sitting on a perch covered withstraw rope, with no room to turn or get down,but with a food and water tin at each end ofthe perch. Three times daily they are lifteddown for a few minutes exercise, their tailsbeing carefully rolled up and enclosed in papercases to keep them from injury. The Japanesestate that a tail has been measured 2S feet inlength, and that the birds only moult the tail. Duckwing Yokohama Cock Mikado. The property of Mrs. S. R. Masters. First and Medal, Crystal Palace, 1510. once in three years. This last fact is highlyinteresting. It is obvious that if a tail 23 feetlong were grown in one year, it must be atthe rate of nearly three-quarters of an inchper day ; and though Madame Bodinus statesthat she could see the tails grow daily, it isdifficult to realise this. Tails exceeding 6 feet in length have, how-ever, never reached Europe, the saddle-hacklesof Mr. Wallers birds having been about16 inches ; and in Japan itself tails over 6 feetare exceedingly rare. But the stock has had to be further crossed to prevent all that on the Continent was indubit-ably crossed with English Game, and from thisthe present known stock has been derived. Bythis somewhat has been lost in mere length offeather, but much has been gained in hardinessand real
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