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THE BOOK OF POULTRY. 



to seven spikes, the outline forming a regular convex 

 curve, carried well back, and following the line of 

 the head, free from excrescences (or thumb marks 

 or side spikes) ; {V) of medium size, low and square 

 at front, and tapering towards the leader (which 

 should follow the curve of the neck), the top free 

 from hollows and covered with small coral-hke 

 points of even height. Face : Smooth. Ear-lobes : 

 Of medium size, incUned to almond shape, and of 

 kid-hke texture. Wattles : Size in keeping with the 

 comb, long, and of fine texture. 



Neck. — Long and well covered with hackle 

 feathers. 



Body. — Of medium length ; broad shoulders and 

 narrow saddle ; full and rounded breast carried 

 upwards ; large wings well tucked up. 



Tail. — Large and carried well out. 



Legs and Feet. — Legs : Of medium length, set well 

 apart, the thighs almost hidden b\' the body feather- 

 ing, and the shanks and feet quite free from feathers. 

 Toes ; Four, rather thin, and well spread. 



Carriage. — Active. 



Weight. — From 6 lb. to 7 lb. 



COLOUR 



Beak : Yellow, with dark or horn shadings, but 

 preferably not wholly yellow. Eyes : Iris, orange 

 red ; pupil, hazel. Comb, Face, and Wattles : 

 Bright red. Ear-lobes : White. Legs and Feet : Yel- 

 low, mottled. 



Plumage. — \\'Tiite markings (free from ticks) on 

 beetle-green ground, the more evenly V- mottled 

 with white the better, but mottled and not laced. 

 Tail : Black to the roots and tipped with white. 

 Wing Flights : Black tipped with white. Under- 

 colour : Black. 



SCALE OP POINTS 



Beetle-green ground colour, dark to skin ., 25 



Purity of white, quality and evenness of mottling 25 



Tail . . 



Comb. . 



Legs and beak 



Eyes . . . . 5 



Lobes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 



Condition . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 



With the exception of the single Comb, which 

 falls over one side of the face, preferably in a single 

 fold, and partly hiding the face, the general charac- 

 teristics are similar to those of the cock, allowing 

 for the natural sexual differences. 



Weight. — From 5 lb. to 6 lb. 



Serious defects : White in face ; plumage other 

 than black and white ; white or light under-colour ; 

 other than four toes ; wrj' tail or other deformity. 



Ancoua Pullet. (The property of Mr. Thos. Whittaker, a frequent winner.) 



