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THE AMERICAN FARMER. 



which is silvery white striped with black, and flows well over the back and sides of the 



breast, the black stripe in the middle of each feather terminating in a point at the extremity. 



The back is rather short, broad, and flat between the shoulders, somewhat rising toward 



the tail, which is rather small compared with the size of the bird, and carried rather upright. 



DARK BRAHMAS. 



Bred by Charles Gammerdinger, Columbus, Ohio. 



The color of the back is silvery white, with dark pencilings corresponding with the outlines 

 of the feathers; that of the tail is black; the larger coverts, a lustrous greenish black; the 

 smaller or lesser coverts of the same hue, or greenish black edged with white. The saddle 

 feathers are white striped with black, as in the neck, and the larger they are, the more 

 beautiful the bird. 



