When it was found that grey birds were realising large sums, every mode of raising them was put in practice; single grey Cochins were mated with buff, and the progeny, when of the desired colour, were sold as Brahmas; in other cases Buff Cochins were paired with light Dorking hens, and many of the selected chicken found their way to the sale room. Under my own eye last season many of these birds were so manufactured; during the autumn, after the breeding for stock purposes was over, a Buff Cochin cock was allowed to run with some Dorking hens, the eggs of the lightest hen were hatched, and the Chicken were all greys, some were clear-legged, some white-legged, others five-toed; but several had well-feathered yellow legs with four toes, and these were undistinguishable from a large number of the birds sold as Brahmas. On examination I found the frontal groove strongly marked, although, as might be expected, in a rather less degree than in a pure bred Cochin. The birds originating in the Malay or Chittagong cross have been chiefly imported from America, I cannot therefore give the particulars of their manufacture, but the long snaky neck, the upright gait, and the peculiar carriage of the head, render other evidence unnecessary, These birds also have the characteristic frontal groove. After what has been stated, it will scarcely be expected that any lengthened description of these birds should be given. The best are simply Cochins, and as silver pencilled Shanghaes or Brahma Pootras, they were originally avowedly exhibited at the London shows. The Mongrels have every variety of form and almost of colour; from the most celebrated yards are shewn clear legs and feathered legs; yellow legs, and white legs; pea combs and single combs; white birds, grey birds, and even black birds, all pure Brahmas!! One person writes that they roam over acres, another authority states that they are more domesticated than Cochins; on the one hand, you hear of their laying eggs as large as those of turkeys, and on the other of their being of the average Cochin size; one day they are said to crow like their buff relations, and the next we hear that their voices are much more mellifluous.