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running down the middle of each feather. The saddle feathers are similar to the hackle. 

 The back, shoulder-coverts, and wing-bows, are of a richer and darker shade. The breast, 

 thighs, under part of the body and tail should be a rich black. The hen has a hackle of rich 

 gold color striped down the middle with black; the remainder of the plumage being light 

 brown, penciled with a darker shade of brown.&quot; 



The plumage is very rich and elegant, the pencilings of brown heightening the beauty 

 to those who have an eye suited to the harmony in color. The tail feathers of both cock and 

 hen are mainly black with a greenish lustre; sometimes the lesser coverts will be edged a 

 little with red. The legs and skin, like all the Cochin varieties, are yellow. The size, form, 

 and general appearance are similar to those of the Buff Cochin, for description of which the 

 reader will there find one sufficiently definite for all practical purposes. 



PEA-COMBED PARTRIDGE COCHINS. 



Pea-Combed Partridge Cochins. This variety is quite similar to the Partridge 

 Cochins previously described, with the exception of the comb, which in the one case-is single 

 with regular and well defined serrations, while with this variety it is very peculiar, resembling 

 three small combs pressed into one at the base, the middle one being a little the highest, the 

 whole being rather low on the head and slanting erect; that of the hen being quite small. 

 This variety is not quite as much inclined to sit as some of the others, the Buffs, for instance. 

 There is an advantage also in the double comb over the single, in our northern climate, since 

 it is less liable to freeze. 



Mr. G. P. Burnham, the illustration of whose fowls of this variety we insert, says of this 

 breed, &quot;They are a very prolific race, the hens proving extraordinary winter layers.&quot; 



Silky Cochins Or Emu Fowls. Cochins possessing a peculiarly silky plumage, 

 similar to the Silkies, which are hereafter described in this department, are called Silky 



