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THE AMERICAN FARMER. 



either England or America as most of the other Game varieties. They are larger and heavier 

 than the other Game species, and are of various colors, red, white, black, gray, etc. Mr. 

 Wright says of them: 



&quot; On the whole, the probability is that the breed is descended from some very ancient 

 progenitor, which accidentally exhibited the peculiar hen-plumage and struck the fancy of its 

 progenitor. In Laced Bantams, which are known to have derived their hen-tailed character 

 from a single cock which took Sir John Sebright s preference (and which was, very probably, 

 itself descended from hen-tailed Game), we see how apt the feature is to transmit itself with 

 a little care ; and that our supposition is correct, and that the strain once formed was preserved 

 sedulously apart from a period now impossible to determine, is rendered further probable by 



WHITE HENXY GAMES. 



Owned by Dr. C. S. Betts, Mt. Kisco, N. Y. 



the different colors and style of birds, which are very different from the standard breed of 

 Games.&quot; 



Dr. Betts, an importer and breeder of Henny Games, says they are the most difficult to 

 obtain pure of all the different Game varieties. The accompanying illustration represents 

 birds of a pure white plumage with yellow legs. The true bred Henny cock lacks the very 

 distinctive feature of sickle-feathers in the tail, and when an occasional bird, said to belong 

 to this family, produces the sickle-feathers common to other breeds, there is reason for sup 

 posing that there may have been an antecedent cross, and such birds should be rejected 

 from the stock-pens, since contamination would assuredly show itself in the progeny. This 

 variety is said to be a fine table fowl, and very hardy. 



