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THE BOOK OF POULTRY. 



young birds, white feathers in adult fowls, 

 coloured feathers, decided blue or purple 

 sheen, or barring, and wry tail." 



CROAD LANGSHANS (SITTERS) 



GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS 



Head.— SA:»// .• Small, and fuU over the eyes. 

 Beak : Fairly long and slightly curved. Eyes : 

 Large. Comh : Single, medium size, straight and 

 upright free from side sprigs, evenly serrated with 

 five or 'six spikes (five preferred), of fine texture. 

 Face : Smooth, and of fine texture. Ear-lobes : 

 Well developed, pendant, and of fine texture. 

 Wattles : Rather large and of fine texture. 



Neck. — Of medium length, and with full hackle. 



Body'.— BacA .■ Broad, of medium length, flat at 

 the shoulders, and the saddle rising abruptly to the 

 tail, the saddle being abundantly furnished with 

 hackles Breast : Deep and well rounded, with a 

 long breast-bone, and the keel sUghtly rounded. 

 Wings : High or low, the latter more usually. 



Tail.— Fan-shaped, carried rather high, with 

 plenty of side hangers, and the two sickle feathers 

 some six inches or more bevond the rest. 



Legs and Feet.— Legs .■ Thighs rather short and 

 covered with soft feathers ; shanks of medium 

 length, small boned, standing well apart, and 

 feathered down the outer sides (not too heavily nor 

 scantily). Toes : Four, long, straight, and slender, 

 the outer toes being feathered. 



Carriage. — Graceful and extremely active. 



Weight.— 9 lt>- 



With the exception that the Fluff should be rather 

 more abundant, the general characteristics are 

 similar to those of the cock, allowing for the natural 

 sexual differences. 



Weight.— 7 lb. 



COLOUR 



Beak : Light to dark horn. Eyes : Brown to 

 very dark hazel, the darker the better. Comb, 

 Face, Wattles, and Ear-lobes : Brilhant red. Legs 

 and Feet : Blue-black, showing pink between the 

 scales, the web and bottom of the feet pink-white 

 (the deeper the pink the better), and toe-nails white. 



Plumage. — Dense black, with a brilhant beetle- 

 green gloss and free from purple or blue tinge. 



SCALE OF POINTS 

 Size . . 

 Symmetry . . 

 FUchness of colour 

 Condition 

 Head and comb 

 Legs and feet 

 Thin skin and white flesh 

 Fine bone 



Serious defects : Yellow legs ; yellow at base of 

 beak or around eyes ; five toes ; permanent white 

 in ear-lobes ; slate or blue legs in young birds ; 

 white feathers in adults ; coloured feathers ; decided 

 blue or purple sheen or barring ; wliite tips to 

 feathers ; brown or black patches on toe-nails ; 

 wliite in shank and toe feathers ; wry tail ; lop 

 comb ; side sprigs. 



.\ Croad Langshari Cockerel. 



3 ^hjlcsf-afh kindly sufplitd by lilr. K ('. Rid.'r 



