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Title: The American poulterer's companion. A practical treatise on the breeding, rearing, and general management of various species of domestic poultry ..
Identifier: americanpoultere02beme (find matches)
Year: 1856 (1850s)
Authors: Bement, Caleb N. , 1791?-1868. (from old catalog)
Subjects: Poultry
Publisher: New York, Harper & brothers
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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SONNEEAT S JTINGLE FOWL. The substance and appearance of these plates have been not inaptly compared with the wax- like plates which ornament the wings and tail of the Bohemian Chatterer. Feathers of the middle of the back, breast, belly, and thighs, deep rich gray, with paler shafts and edges; tail generally rich green; the feathers which immediately succeed the hackles are rich pur- ple, with a pale yellow edge ; those next in suc- cession are golden-green, with gray edges, and all glossed with brilliant metallic reflections ; bill, legs, and feet, yellow. The living bird )(resents altogether a rich and striking object, especially when the sun shines on the plu- mage. sonnerat's jungle hen. This fine bird is less than the cock, without comb or wattles, but with a trace of nakedness round the eye. The plumage generally is without the horny structure which distinguishes that of the cock. Upper parts uniform brown; neck feathers with dark edges ; those of the back and wing coverts with a pale streak along the shaft, and those of the wings; tail coverts and tail waved and mottled with darker pencilings ; throat and front of the neck white edged with dark brown; legs and feet bluish-gray. Sonnerat's Jungle cock is distinguished by the singular flattening of the shaft or mid-rib of the hackle and saddle feathers ; a laminated ap- pearance is thus obtained of extreme richness, these plates being of a bright golden-yellow. " In our chapter on Game Fowls," say the au- thors of the " Poultry Book," " we alluded to a cross between this bird and a game hen, the produce of which was in the possession of Dr. Horner, of Hull. The kindness of that gentle- man has since supplied us with some further in- formation, which has such immediate reference

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