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THE BOOK OF POULTRY. 



Smali and flat. Wattles : Small, fine, and well 

 rounded. 



Neck. — Rather short, and furnished with full 

 hackle. 



Body. — Short and compact. Breast : Full and 

 prominent. Back : Short, the cock's furnished 

 with long and abundant saddle feathers. Wings : 

 Large and long, and carried in a drooping fashion. 



Tail. — Large, full, and upright, the cock's sickles 

 a little longer than the true feathers, and slightly 

 curved, and coverts long, abundant, and nicely curved. 



Legs and Feet. — Legs : Thighs short and well 

 feathered at the hocks ; shanks fairly short, and 

 heavily feathered on the outer sides with long and 

 rather stiff feathers, those growing from the hocks 

 almost touching the ground. Toes : Four on each 

 foot, straight, and well spread, the outer and middle 

 toes being very heavily feathered. 



Carriage. — Erect and strutting. 



Weight. — Cock : 24 oz. Hen : 20 oz. 



Plumage. — Long and abundant. 



COLOUR 



THE BLACK 



Beak : Black or horn. Eyes : Dark red or very 

 dark brown. Comb, Face, Wattles, and Ear-lobes : 

 Bright red. Legs and Feet : Black. 



Plumage. — Black, as lustrous as possible. 



THE WHITE 



Beak : White. Eyes : Red. Comb, Face, Wattles, 

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

 Plumage. — Pure snow white. 



SCALE OF POINTS 

 of plumage, 20 ; legs and beak, 10 



Colour 



Leg and foot feathering 



Type . . 



Head 



Size . . 



Condition 



Serious defects : Other than single comb ; other 

 than four toes on each foot ; wry tail ; any bodily 

 deformity. 



THE FRIZZLED BANTAM 



GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS 



Head. — Skull : Small. Beak .- Short and strong. 

 Eyes : Full and bright. Comb : Single, medium 

 in the cock and very small in the hen. Face : Of 

 fine te.xture and smooth. Ear-lobes : Of moderate 

 size. Wattles : Pendulous. 



Neck. — Short, that of the cock being abundantly 

 frizzled. 



Body. — Back : Broad and short. Breast : Full 

 and round. Wings : Long and drooping. 



Tail. — Rather large, erect, very full but loose, 

 the cock having good sickles and plenty of side 

 hangers. 



Legs and Feet.— Legs .- Very short, and the shanks 

 quite free from feathers. Toes : Four on each foot, 

 and well spread. 



Carriage. — Erect and strutting. 



Weight. — Cock : 20 oz. to 24 oz. Hen : 14 oz. 

 to 17 oz. 



Plumage. — Moderately long, hard, and wiry, each 

 feather curled towards the head, and the frizzling 

 as close and abundant as possible. 



COLOUR 



Beak : Yellow or horn in Whites and Buffs ; 

 dark willow or black in dark varieties. Eyes : 

 BriUiant red. Comb, Face, Wattles, and Ear-lobes : 

 Bright red. Legs and Feet : Yellow in Whites and 

 Buffs ; dark willow in dark varieties. 



Varieties.— Black, Black-Red, Blue, Buff, Duck- 

 wings, and White, the colour in each to be the same 

 as that mentioned for large fowls of those varieties. 



SCALE OP POINTS 

 Curl . . . . . . . . . . . . . • 25 



Colour 

 Feather 



Type 



Condition 



Weight 



Head 



Legs and feet 



15 



Serious defects : Many feathers 

 deformity of any kind. 



100 



not curled ; 



THE JAPANESE BANTAM 



GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS 



Head. — Skull : Rather large and broad. Beak : 

 Strong, and well curved. Eyes : Large. Comb 1 

 Single, large, erect and straight, and evenly serrated. 

 Face : Smooth. Ear-lobes : Of medium size, and 

 smooth. Wattles : Of medium size and pendent. 



Neck. — Rather short, curving prominently back- 

 wards, with abundant hackle flowing well over the 

 shoulders. 



Body. — Short, deep, and compact. Breast : Very 

 full, round, and carried prominently forward. Back : 

 Very short, the cock's furnished with abundant 

 saddle-hackle. Wings : Large and long, carried with 

 the points almost under the stern and touching the 

 ground. 



Tail. — Very large, somewhat expanded, carried 

 upright so as to some almost in lontact with the 

 back of the comb, the cock's " sickles " (the longest 

 feathers are reaUy not sickle-shaped) very long and 

 only slightly curved. 



Legs and Feet. — Legs : Very short, the shanks 

 smooth and free from feathers. Toes : Four on 

 each foot, straight, and well spread. 



Carriage. — Very upright, the breast forward and 

 the head and tail almost touching each other. 



Weight. — Cock : 26 oz. Hen : 22 oz. 



COLOUR 



THE BLACK 



Beak : Yellow, or yellow shaded with black. 

 Eyes : Dark red. Comb, Face, Wattles, and Ear- 

 lobes : Bright red. Legs and Feet : Corresponding 

 with the beak. 



Plumage. — Lustrous black. 



THE BLACK-TAILED WHITE 



Beak : Yellow. Eyes, Comb, Face, Wattles, and 

 Ear-lobes : Bright red. Legs and Feet : Yellow. 

 Plumage of the Cock. — White, with black mark- 



