HAMBURGH FOWLS.--There are two very distinct varieties of these birds, the spangled and the pencilled; where fowls are kept mainly for the production of eggs, no breeds are so advantageous; and as they are comparatively unknown in many parts of the country, I have entered rather fully into their description. I am indebted to an amateur, an extensive breeder of the spangled variety, for the following account of their merits. “_Gold and Silver Spangled Hamburghs._--These very beautiful varieties have not hitherto attracted the attention which their intrinsic merits so justly deserve. Indeed, except in the northern counties, they have been until lately almost unknown. “I will endeavour, as briefly as possible, to put before my readers, firstly, the origin, habits, and economical merits, and, lastly, the desired points of beauty of these dandies (_par excellence_) of the poultry yard. “Firstly as to their history and origin--Unlike the pencilled Hamburghs, which are imported wholesale from Holland, the spangled birds are never so obtained, and although similar in some of their habits, they are infinitely more hardy than their pencilled rivals, suffer less from cold, lay better in winter, and are far less subject to roup; they also attain to a considerably greater weight and size. I am myself rather inclined to consider them, as they have for years undoubtedly been, natives of our northern counties, more especially Yorkshire and Lancashire, although they are said to be common in Russia and the northern countries of Europe. The Spangled Hamburghs, or Pheasant Fowls, as the north country breeders call them, are, in my judgment, the best and most regular layers I can recommend; but in this respect the gold and silver varieties somewhat differ. I have generally found that the pullets of the former variety commence laying at about six months old, and, if the season is moderately warm, they continue to lay about nine eggs a fortnight, until their moulting time the following year--I should say that on an average they lay about 200 eggs per annum. They are everlasting layers, in the strictest sense of the word, never sitting, and recommencing their labours of production about two months from the commencement of their moult. Their eggs are of a fair size, of a very light pinky brown colour, and excellent flavour. Indeed, in the latter quality the eggs of the Hamburgh fowls generally are not to be surpassed.