DESCRIPTION OF PLATES. 



PLATE 1. 



Fia. 1. Black-Breasted Game bantam cock. He is typically cock-feathered, but, as in all 

 games, his hackles and tail-coverts are shorter than in the cocks of other 

 breeds. The comb was dubbed by the breeder. 



FIG. 2. Black-Breasted Game bantam hen. The great contrast in color between the cock 

 and hen is practically the same as that in the Brown Leghorn, in most races 

 of Tosa fowls, and in the wild type Gallus bankiva. 



FIG. 3. Sebright cock, "hen-feathered." The short hackles, the rounded feathers of the 

 back and saddle, and the shortness of the tail-coverts are characteristic 

 features of these males. For details of individual feathers from different 

 regions see plates 6 and 8. 



FIG. 4. A castrated Sebright male. The drawing was made about a year after the opera- 

 tion. This particular bird developed a lighter color than did other castrated 

 Sebrights (see plate 3, fig. 1). The entire dorsal region has changed its color, 

 and the feathers have also changed in shape, length, etc. Note especially 

 the very long hackle and saddle feathers (for details see plate 6, fig. la) and the 

 change in the wing-bow. The tail-coverts have also grown long. 



PLATE 2. 



FIG. 1. Fi hen-feathered male out of Game by Sebright. The hen-feathering in this bird is 



as complete as in the Sebright. 

 FIG. 2. Fi female out of Game by Sebright. 

 FIG. 3. Castrated male originally hen-feathered (292), nearly black in color, as shown by the 



individual feathers of plate 7, figure 2. After castration the bird has become 



red above, with black iridescent tail-coverts, and deeper yellow (or red) below. 

 FIG. 4. Castrated FI male, originally like figure 1. Note especially the change in color of 



the whole upper surface that has become red, like that of the jungle-fowl. 



The tail-coverts have grown long and are now iridescent black. The breast 



has changed least, but is a richer yellow. The comb and wattles and ear 



lobes are shrunken, as in all capons. 



PLATE 3. 



FIG. 1. A castrated Sebright male. The operation was performed on a juvenile bird; the 

 drawing was made a year later. The bird is typical as to the change in color 

 that takes place in the Sebright. He was darker red than the bird shown 

 in plate 1, figure 4. The red was more mahogany than the picture shows. 

 The original feathers were like those in plate 6, fig. 2 (there erroneously 

 referred to as those of light-colored Sebripht). 



FIG. 2. An F 2 hen-feathered very dark male. The condition of his plumage at the time of 

 the operation is shown in this figure. The change that took place after castra- 

 tion is shown in the next figure. 



FIG. 3. The change that took place in the bird drawn in figure 2 is shown here. The whole 

 upper surface has become red, except the tail-coverts, which are iridescent 

 black. Note also the change in color on the wing-bow. For the details of the 

 feathers see plate 9, figures 1, la. 



FIG. 4. A castrated Ft bird that had been hen-feathered and had changed over to cock- 

 feathering, as shown here. The color and the details of the original hen- 

 feathering are shown in plate 9, figures 2 and 2a. 

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