AMONG ANCONAS" 



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The Ideal Ancona Color 



ANCONA color is black mottled with white. Many other birds run to 

 various colors, causing a confusion to raising, but it is easy to remember 

 that Anconas are simply the one combination: the mottled black and 

 white. To be sure, the black is a beautiful and lustrous rich black, with a 

 clean, sharp white contrasting, and the combs are brilliant red. You can 

 understand why this contrasty combination of colors, together with the superb 

 carriage of Anconas, makes them the world's leaders in point of beauty and 

 charm. They appeal both to the artistic and the practical. 



Note the sharp clean white tips of these Ancona feathers. Spread out 

 on the background of a beautiful, lustrous black with a slight greenish sheen, 

 the markings of the Ancona are truly striking. 



An all black or a nearly black Ancona is a freak type, the result of some 

 faddist's dream. We will give the English credit once more for sending the 



5HPPARD'5 AN COMAS, 



