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THE BOOK OF POULTRY. 



Tail. — Small, nearly smothered by the cushion, 

 (he ragged ends alone protruding, and inclined to 

 be of the Cochin type. 



Legs. — Especially short, and the under fluff ^nd 

 thigh fluff almost meeting the ground. 



In other respects the general characteristics of 

 the hen are similar to those of the cock. 



Weight.—.; lb. 



COLOUR 



Beak : Slate blue. Eyes : Black. Comh, Face, 

 and Wattles : Purple black. Ear-lobes : Preferably 

 turquoise blue, the next best colour being purple- 

 black, similar to the comb, face, and wattles. Legs 

 and Feet : Lead, with the toe-nails blue-white. 

 Skin : Deep violet. 



Plumage. — Snow white. 



SCALE OF POIXTS 

 Head : comb, lo ; face, lo ; eyes and 

 Plumage, te.xture of 



Type 



Saddle and hackle . . 



Neck 



Legs . . 



obes, lo 30 



The general characteristics of the hen are similar 

 to those of the cock, allowing for the natural sexual 

 differences. 



Weight.— 4! lb. 



COLOUR 



Beak : Pale blue or white. Eyes : Red. Comb, 

 Wattles, and Ear-lobes : Bright red. Legs and Feet : 

 Pale blue. 



Plumage. — Snow white. 



Serious defects : Coloured plumage ; other than 

 five toes ; wry tail or any other deformity. 



Serious defects : Hard vulture hocks ; green beak 

 or legs ; green tip to beak ; ruddy comb or face ; 

 other than black eyes ; incorrect colour of plumage 

 or skin ; plumage not silky ; want of crest ; Polish, 

 or split crest ; single comb ; long back ; want of 

 fluff ; scaly legs ; four toes ; featherless shanks, and 

 feet ; green soles to feet. 



SULTANS 



GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS 



Head. — Sk}i!l : Of medium size, with a decidedly 

 pronounced protuberance on top, and crested. 

 Crest : Large, globular, and compact, and composed 

 of feathers similar to those of the hackles. Beak : 

 Short and curved, and having large nostrils rising 

 above the curved line of the beak. Eyes : Bright. 

 Comb : Of the horn type, V-shaped, very small 

 and almost hidden by the crest. Face : Covered 

 with thick muffling. Mufjling : Very full, the beard 

 and whiskers joining, running into the crest. Ear- 

 lobes : Small and round. Wattles : Very small and 

 hardly perceptible. 



Neck. — Somewhat short, carried well back, and 

 covered with abundant hackle. 



Body. — Squeire and deep. Breast : Prominent. 

 Back : Short, straight, and broad, and drooping to the 

 tail. Wings : Large, long, and carried low. 



Tail. — Long and fine, and carried open, the sickles 

 very long, with abundant hangers and coverts. 



Legs and Feet. — Legs : Short, the thighs stout 

 and furnished with heavy vulture hocks to cover 

 the joints, and the shanks heavily feathered in.side 

 and out. Toes : Five on each foot, of moderate 

 length, and completely covered with feather. 



Carriage. — Very sprightly. 



Weight.— 6 lb. 



Plumage. — Long, abundant and fairly soft. 



RHODE ISLAND WHITES 



The success which followed upon the intro- 

 duction of the Rhode Island Red to this 

 country from America doubtless had much to 

 do with the appearance at the Crystal Palace 

 show of 1913 of a class for Rhode Island 

 Whites. Twelve exhibits were entered, and 

 showed fair evidence of possessing good utility 

 qualities. Opinions, however, difter as to their 

 right to the title of "Rhode Islands," and the 

 well-known American poultry writer, ]\Ir. J. H. 

 Drevenstedt, protested strongly in T/ie 

 American Fancier against their usurpation of 

 the name, and drew attention to the confusion 

 likely to arise from having four varieties — 

 white Rocks and single-comb Rhode Island 

 Whites ; white Wyandottes and rosecomb 

 Rhode Island Whites — in which the only dis- 

 tinguishing feature would be shape. 



The following notes upon the breed are 

 from the pen of Miss C. A. Reid-Powell, of 

 St. Ives, Ringwood, Hants: 



" This breed owes its origin to the follow- 

 ing crosses : A Cochin hen was mated to a 

 white Wyandotte cock ; the pullets from this, 

 cross were mated to a Cochin cock, the off- 

 spring of which were one-fourth white Wyan- 

 dotte and three-fourths Cochin. The pullets 

 were then mated to a rosecomb white Leg- 

 horn, the result of which is the subject of this 

 sketch. 



" The Rhode Island Whites inherit from 

 the Cochin family their beauty and plump-' 

 ness, from the white W^yandotte their docility 

 and phenomenal egg-laying qualities, especi- 



