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Mr. W. B. Tegetmeier on Modern 



This composite breed was produced by the late Sir John 

 Sebright by first crossing a Polish fowl with laced feathers 

 with a Bantam. When the required size and markings had 

 been obtained by careful selection, lie crossed again with 

 " hen -feathered cock," so as to introduce the female plumage 

 into the males of the breed, and then by careful selection he 

 established the breed, of which there are two varieties, one 



Fig. 18. 



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Wyandotte lien. 



with white, or, as it is called, silver, the other with rich bay 

 or golden ground. 



In a recently manufactured American breed the laced or 

 dark-bordered feathers of the Sebright Bantam have been 

 obtained by careful crossing and selection, on a large bird, 

 evidently derived from one of the Asiatic breeds, such as the 

 Brahma: this breed is known as the Wyandotte (fig. 18). 

 ^W ell-laced Wyandotte hens are now common, but it will 



