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On Modem Breeds of the Domestic Fowl. 



the solution of which depends on what Darwin termed analo- 

 gous variation. In many species of Columbine birds the 

 colour is localized ; white heads, for example, exist in nature 

 in many species, but in the wild Galli and allied species no 

 such arrangements of colours are known, hence the difficulty 

 of producing such patterns in the varieties of the G.ferru- 

 ffineus. 



The singular effect produced by the shafts of all the body- 

 feathers being curved from, instead of towards, the body is 

 shown in the Frizzled fowls (fig. 20), which may be produced 



Fier. 20 



White Frizzled Bantam Cockerel. 



The breed is not in high favour, 



of any size or colour 

 being especially delicate, owing to the rain at once pene- 

 trating to the skin in place of running off the plumage. 



The illustrations show the most important breeds exhibited 

 at the show held in the Gardens of the Zoological Society. 

 Some few characteristic varieties Avere not entered, such as 

 the long-tailed breeds of Japan, in which the sickle-feathers 



