The Golden Spangled is one of no ordinary beauty; it is well and very neatly made, has a good body, and no very great offal. On the crest, immediately above the beak, are two small, fleshy horns, resembling, to some extent, an abortive comb. Above the crest, and occupying the place of a comb, is a very large brown or yellow tuft, the feathers composing it darkening toward their extremities. Under the insertion of the lower mandible — or that portion of the neck corresponding to the chin in man — is a full, dark-colored tuft, somewhat resembling a beard. The wattles are very small; the comb, as in other high crested fowls, is very diminutive; the skin and flesh white. The hackles on the neck are of a brilliant orange, or golden yellow; and the general ground color of the body is of the same hue, but somewhat darker. The thighs are of a dark brown or blackish shade, and the legs and feet are of a bluish gray. In the Silver Spangled variety, the only perceptible differ- ence is that the ground col .r is a silvery white. The extremity and a portion o^ the extreme margin of each feather are black, 'presenting, when in a state of rest, the appearance of regular semicircular marks, or spangles — and hence the name, 'Spangled Hamburgh;" the varieties being termed gold or silver, according to the prevailing color being bright yellow or silvery white. The eggs are of moderate size, but abundant; chickens easily reared. In mere excellence of tiesh and as layers, they are inferior to the Dorking or Spanish, fhey v/eigh from four and a half to five and a half poundr.for the male, and three and a half for the female. The former stands some twenty inches in height, and the latter about eighteen inches. The Malay. — This majestic bird is found on the peninsula from which it derives its name, and, in the opinion of many, forms a connecting link between the wild and domesticated 17 258 POULTRY. races of fowls. Something very like them is, indeed, still to be found in the East. This native Indian bird — the Gigantic Cock, the Kulm Cock of Europeans — often stands considerably more than two feet from the crown of the head to the ground. The comb extends backward in a line with the eyes; it is thick, a little elevated, rounded upon the top, and has almost the appearance of having been cut off. The wattles of the under mandible are comparatively small, and the throat is bare. Pale, golden-reddish hackles ornament the head, neck, and dipper part of the back, and some of these spring before the bare part of the throat. The middle of the back and smcJler wing- coverts are deep chestnut, the webs of the feathers disunited; pale reddish-yellow, long, drooping hackles cover the rump :.:id base of the tail, which last is very ample, and entirely of i glossy green, of which color are the wing-coverts; the s c>n- daries and quills are pal j reddish-yellow on the outer webs. >l the under parts are deep glossy blackish-green, with Y g re- flections; the deep chestnut of the base of the feathers ap; .ars occasionally, and gives a mottled and interrupted appear:i:ice to those parts.

AI-modernized reading of the original text

The Golden Spangled is one of no ordinary beauty; it is well and very neatly made, has a good body, and no very great offal. On the crest, immediately above the beak, are two small, fleshy horns, resembling, to some extent, an abortive comb. Above the crest, and occupying the place of a comb, is a very large brown or yellow tuft, the feathers composing it darkening toward their extremities. Under the insertion of the lower mandible — or that portion of the neck corresponding to the chin in man — is a full, dark-colored tuft, somewhat resembling a beard. The wattles are very small; the comb, as in other high crested fowls, is very diminutive; the skin and flesh white. The hackles on the neck are of a brilliant orange, or golden yellow; and the general ground color of the body is of the same hue, but somewhat darker. The thighs are of a dark brown or blackish shade, and the legs and feet are of a bluish gray. In the Silver Spangled variety, the only perceptible difference is that the ground color is a silvery white. The extremity and a portion o^ the extreme margin of each feather are black, 'presenting, when in a state of rest, the appearance of regular semicircular marks, or spangles — and hence the name, 'Spangled Hamburgh;" the varieties being termed gold or silver, according to the prevailing color being bright yellow or silvery white. The eggs are of moderate size, but abundant; chickens easily reared. In mere excellence of tiesh and as layers, they are inferior to the Dorking or Spanish, fhey v/eigh from four and a half to five and a half pounds for the male, and three and a half for the female. The former stands some twenty inches in height, and the latter about eighteen inches. The Malay. — This majestic bird is found on the peninsula from which it derives its name, and, in the opinion of many, forms a connecting link between the wild and domesticated races of fowls. Something very like them is, indeed, still to be found in the East. This native Indian bird — the Gigantic Cock, the Kulm Cock of Europeans — often stands considerably more than two feet from the crown of the head to the ground. The comb extends backward in a line with the eyes; it is thick, a little elevated, rounded upon the top, and has almost the appearance of having been cut off. The wattles of the under mandible are comparatively small, and the throat is bare. Pale, golden-reddish hackles ornament the head, neck, and dipper part of the back, and some of these spring before the bare part of the throat. The middle of the back and smaller wing-coverts are deep chestnut, the webs of the feathers disunited; pale reddish-yellow, long, drooping hackles cover the rump :.:id base of the tail, which last is very ample, and entirely of a glossy green, of which color are the wing-coverts; the s c>ndaries and quills are pale reddish-yellow on the outer webs. >l the under parts are deep glossy blackish-green, with iridescent reflections; the deep chestnut of the base of the feathers appears occasionally, and gives a mottled and interrupted appearance to those parts.

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