Breeds of the Domestic Fowl. 



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Spanish in having red faces, the white ear-lobe and wattles 

 being much less developed. They possess the prolificacy 

 that the Spanish have lost, and are most abundant layers of 

 large white-shelled eggs. They have, unfortunately for their 

 utility, lately come into fashion as exhibition fowls, the 

 object of the breeders being to develop the comb in the 

 cocks to the largest possible size that it is capable of assum- 

 ing whilst maintaining a plane surface and erect position. 



Fie:. 9. 



Silver-spangled Hamburg Cockerel. 



Andalusians are another sub-variety of the Spanish or 

 Mediterranean type. In this breed the colour is slaty blue, 

 but the hens recently exhibited are characterized by a dark 

 margin or edging to breast- and body-feathers. 



Leghorns are of the same general type, but with white 

 plumage and yellow legs (tarsi) . Since their introduction into 



