Some fuither remarks on the orisjin of domestic poultry. 579 



Tail black except the two top feathers, which should 

 be powdered with partridge colour. Breast salmon shading 

 off to ashy brown towards the thighs. Thighs pale salmon. 

 Legs yellow or olive. (To match cock ear.) 



Brown -red cock. 



Head dark-red. Comb gibsy coloured, i. e. dark purple. 

 Face and jaws very dark purple. Eyes black, Beak black 

 or nearly so. Neckhockle lemon coloured with a very narrow 

 dark streak in the middle. Back and shoulder-coverts and 

 saddle lemon. Wing butts black. Shoulder black. Bow lemon. 

 Coverts green- black, free from grey. Tail black. Sickle- 

 feathers and tail-coverts green -black. Breast black ground 

 colour feathers with brown shafts and laced with light brown. 

 (NB. Many of the oid fashioned cocks used to be spangled 

 on the breast. E. C. P.). Thighs black. Legs black or dark 

 yellow on aged birds. 



Hen. 



Head black or dark brown. Comb, face, deaf ear and 

 wattles black or dark purple. 



Black breasted red cock. 



Head bright orange. Comb bright red. Face and jaws 

 red. Eyes bright red. Beak storn colour or yellow, Neck- 

 hockle bright orange, free from stripes. Back dark rieh red. 

 Shoulder and shoulder-coverts red, Wing butts black. Bow 

 rieh red, greater and lesser. Coverts glossy black with 

 metallic reflections forming a destruct bar. Primaries black 

 except two lower feathers the outer web of which should 

 be edged with bay, Secondaries clear bay outer web and 

 black inner web. Saddle rather darker red than hockle. Tail 

 black, Sickle feathers green-black. Tailcoverts glossy green- 

 black but grey at roots. Breast black up to the throat. Legs 

 yellow or olive. (NB. I say the legs may be any colour 

 E. C. P.). 



