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Crested chickens
Group of chicken breeds / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Crested chickens are a group of ornamental chicken breeds characterised by a tuft or crest of upward-pointing feathers on the head.
Ulisse Aldrovandi, illustrations of crested hen and cock, from the Ornithologiae tomus alter of 1600
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