53S 



THE BOOK OF POULTRY, 



the cock's not smaller than a sixpence nor larger than 

 a shilling, the hen's not larger than a three-penny 

 piece. Wattles : Round, neat, and of fine texture. 



Neck. — Rather short, covered with wide hackle 

 feathers, and having a well-defined curve at the 

 back, the cock's hackle falling gracefully and plenti- 

 fully over his shoulders and wing-bows and reaching 

 out almost to his tail. 



Body. — Breast : Broad and carried well forward 

 and upward, showing a bold curve from wing-bow 

 to wing-bow. Back : Short, broad, and flat. 

 Shoulders : Broad and flat. Wing Flights : Wide 

 (each feather rounded off with a broad end, not 

 too long, but in keeping with the bird's type), 

 carried rather low, the cock's showing only 

 the front half of the thighs, the hen's hardly so low, 

 but by no means carried tightly to the body ; the 

 Stern flat, broad, and thick — i.e. not " running ofi 

 to nothing " at the setting on of the tail, and having 

 an abundance of saddle feathers, the cock's saddle 

 hackle hanging down on either side like a fringe, 

 and extending from liis tail to the middle of his back. 



Tail. — Carried well back, consisting of broad 

 feathers overlapping one another neatly ; the cock's 

 sickles long, broad from base to end, well circled 

 with a bold sweep {the inner tail feathers not pro- 

 truding beyond the sickles), the furnishing feathers 

 broad from base to end and uniformly circled with 

 the sickles, tips level, and hanging somewhat shorter 

 than the sickles, the side hangers broad and long, 

 and, together with the saddle hackles, hanging grace- 

 fully, and filUng the space between the stern and 

 the wing ends. 



Legs and Feet. — Legs : Thighs short, set well 

 apart, stout at the setting on and tapering to the 

 hocks, the shanks rather short, round, and small. 

 Toes : Four on each foot. 



Carriage. — Thick-set or cobby (not dumpy). 



Weight. — Cock : 20 oz. Hen : 16 oz. 



COLOUR 



THE BLACK 



Beak : Black. Eyes : Hazel or brown. Comb, 

 Face, and Wattles : Brilliant cherry red. Ear-lobes : 

 Spotless white, especially near wattles. Legs and 

 Feet : Black. 



Plumage. — Black, with as bright a green sheen 

 as possible from the throat to the sickle ends, the 

 wing bar (of broad feathers) of extra bright green ; 

 a point of rare quahty is for the tail feathers to have 

 a brilliant green sheen. 



THE WHITE 



Head points (except Beak : White, and Eyes : 

 Red) : As in the Black. Legs and Feet : White. 

 Plumage. — Snow white, free from straw tinge. 



SCALE OF POINTS 



Comb. . 



Ear-lobes 



Tail . . 



Type . . 



Condition 



Colour 



Legs and fee 



Serious defects : Stiltiness ; narrow chest ; narrow 

 back ; hollow-fronted comb ; coarse bone ; light 

 legs ; tightly carried wings ; purple sheen ; purple 

 barring; brown or grizzled flights ; coloured feathers ; 

 " narrow-feathered ; " white in face ; blushed lobes. 



THE SEBRIGHT BANTAM 



GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS 



Head. — Skull : Small. Beak : Shghtly curved, 

 and rather short. Eyes : Full. Comb : Rose, firmly 

 and evenly set on the skull, square fronted, free 

 from hollows, covered on top with coral-Uke points, 

 narrowing behind to a distinct slightly upturned 

 spike. Face : Smooth and of fine texture. Ear- 

 lobes : Flat and free from folds. Wattles : WeU 

 rounded. 



Neck. — Tapering ; the cock's well arched and 

 carried very far back ; the hen's upright. 



Body. — Compact. Breast : Broad and prominent. 

 Back : Very short. Wings .■ Carried very low. 



Tail. — Square, well spread, and carried high. 



Legs and Feet. — Legs : Short, the shanks slender 

 and free from feathering. Toes : Four on each 

 foot, straight, and well spread. 



Carriage. — Strutting and tremulous, on tiptoe, and 

 somewhat resembling a Fantail pigeon. 



Weight. — Cock : 22 oz. Hen : iS oz. 



Plumage. — Short and tight, the feathers not too 

 wide, out never pointed. (Note. — The Sebright 

 Bantam cock is hen-feathered — i.e. liis neck is devoid 

 of true hackle feathers, he has not a saddle -hackle, 

 and liis tail is free from sickles.) 



COLOUR 



THE GOLD 



Beak : Dark horn. Eyes : Black, or as dark 

 as possible. Comb, Face, Wattles, and Ear-lobes : 

 Dark purple or dull red. Legs and Feet : Slate 

 blue. 



Plumage. — Uniform golden bay ground, with 

 glossy green-black lacing, and dark grey under- 

 colour, each feather being evenly and sharply laced 

 all round its edg^ with a narrow margin of black. 



THE SILVER 



Head points (except Beak : Dark blue or horn). 

 Legs and Feet : As in the Gold. 



Plumage. — Similar to the Gold, substituting 

 silver-white ground for golden bay. 



SCALE OF POINTS 

 Lacing . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 



Ground colour .. .. .. .. •• 15 



Comb . . 



Face and ear-lobes . 



Tail . . 



Weight 



Type . . 



Condition 



100 



Serious defects : Single comb ; hackles or sickle 

 feathers in the cock ; feathers on shanks ; legs 

 other than slate blue ; other than four toes on each 

 foot ; wry tail or any other deformity 



