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Mr. W. B. Tegetmeier on Modern 



Several breeds of fowls are characterized by what is termed 

 by fanciers " Cuckoo markings." The Plymouth Rock has 

 already been alluded to as a cross-breed. There are also 

 Cuckoo-coloured Dorkings, Polish, Cochins, &c. In the north 

 of England and Scotland a Cuckoo-marked breed known as 

 Scotch Grey (figs. 14 & 15) is frequent. In these birds the 

 feathers are marked with transverse bands, which are not so 

 defined as those in the hens of the pencilled Hamburgs, 

 the bands being dark slaty grey on a lighter ground. 



Sebright Bantams (figs. 16 & 17) may be regarded as the 



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Scotch Grey Hen. 



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most artificial of all breeds, inasmuch as the males not only 

 possess the plumage, but also the markings of the hens ; 

 every feather in this beautiful diminutive breed should be 

 " laced " or margined with black, like a sheet of mourning- 

 paper. The neck and saddle-feathers of the male should 

 resemble those of the female, and there should be a total 

 absence of long curved sickle-feathers in the tail. 



