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CYCLOPEDIA OF LIVE STOCK AND COMPLETE STOCK DOCTOR. 



The best specimens are described as follows : In the cock, the face, ear- 

 lobes, wattles and jaws are deep rich red, the wattles warted and some- 

 times edged white, the bill curv^ed, strong, of a light horn color at the tip 

 and dark at the base. The neck, breast and back black, shaded with 

 bronze, which in the sunlight glistens golden, each feather ending in a 

 narro\y glossy black band extending clear across. The under part of the 

 body is similarly marked, but more subdued. The wing-bow is black 



A PAIR OP WHITE WYANDOTTES 



A SILVER-LACED WYANDOTTE PULLET 



showing a bnlliant greenish or brown lustre, the flight-feathers black, 

 barred across with white or gray, even and regular; the wing-coverts rich 

 bronze, the end of each feather terminating in a wade black band, giving 

 the wings, when folded, a broad bronze band across each ; tail black, each 

 feather irregulariy penciled with a narrow brown band, and ending in a 

 grayish-bronze band. Fluff abundant and soft; legs long, strong, dark or 

 nearly black. The hen is similariy colored, but more subdued. ' 



