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THE BOOK OF POULTRY. 



not be, is any attempt to foist upon the judge 

 a thick heavy waster of the Modern type, as 

 an Old English Game Bantam. It has been 

 tried, and in some cases with success, but new 

 century requirements are much ahead of the 

 last couple of years of the last century, and 

 as there are now hundreds of the genuine 

 thing in the land, there is really no necessity 

 to try such deception, which would be now 

 instantly detected by a good judge. 



The following are the Standards for judg- 

 ing Modern and Old English Game Bantams. 

 Their colours and other characteristics being 

 the same as in the larger breeds, it has only 

 been found necessary to give the proper 

 weights and scales of points : 



MODERN GAME BANTAMS. 



Weight. — As a cockerel not more than i8 ozs., nor 

 20 ozs. as a cock. Hen, i8 ozs. Pullet, i6 ozs. 



VALUE OP POINTS. 



Defects. 



Defects in head and neck 

 Bad eyes 



Deduct 



Deduc 



up to 



7 



Defects. 



Defects in body and wings 

 ,, legs and feet 

 „ tail 



Want of symmetry 

 „ condition 



Bad colour of feather ... 



Too much feather 



Defects in size 



A perfect bird to count loo 



OLD ENGLISH GAME BANTAMS. 



Cock, i8 ozs. to 22 ozs. Hen, i5 ozs. to 

 VALUE OF POINTS. 



Weight. 



20 OZS. 



Defects. 



Defects in head and neck 

 „ eyes 



„ body and wings 

 „ legs and feet 

 „ tail 



Want of symmetry ... 

 „ condition 



Defects in colour 



Too much feather 



Defects in size ... 



A perfect bird to count 



Old English Game Bantam. 



