EUROPE AK BREEDS. 



over one or two years old with me invariably have a little 

 white on sickles. I have corresponded with many breed- 

 ers of this breed, and they invariably tell the same expe- 

 rience. In " Lewis Wright's Illustrated Poultry Book," 



Fig. 66. WHITE DORKING FOWLS. 



the only portrait of a Silver-gray Dorking cock, whicli 

 took cups at Crystal Palace, 1871; Dublin. 1872, and at 

 all the principal English shows, has a white edge to the 

 lower half of his sickle tail feathers. Hon. W. F. 



