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comb and wattles red ; they are daw-eyed, that is, the eye is gray like 

 that of the Jackdaw; back intense brown-red; lesser wing coverts 

 marc-on colored ; greater wing coverts marked at the extremity with 

 steel-blue, forming a bar across the wings ; primary wing feathers bay; 

 tail irridescent black; hackle well feathered, touching the shoulders; 

 wings large and well quilled ; back short ; breast round and black ; tail 

 long and sickled, being well tufted at the root ; the carriage is upright «ui4 

 elegant. 



EAKL DERBY GAME. 



Beeton, an English author describes them as follows : Head fine and 

 taperinir ; face, wattles and comb bright red ; extremities of upper man- 

 dible and the greater portion of the lower one white, but dusky at its 

 base and around its nostrils ; chestnut brown around the eyes, continued 

 beneath the throat ; shaft of neck hackles light buff ; web pale brown 

 edf^ed with black ; breast shaded with roan and fawn color ; belly and 

 vent of an ash tint ; primary wing feathers and tail black, the latter 

 carried vertically and widely expanded; legs, feet and nails perfectly 

 white. 



