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strength of color and lustre. It is also some task to maintain 

 the very narrow edging- so much sought and keep both colors 

 well defined, generation after generation. Very similar in color 

 and pattern, but lacking somewhat in the lustre of black portions 

 are the broad, curly feathers at the rear of and between the 

 main tail feathers. 



These smaller sickles are shown on Plate 112; feather No. 1 

 is defective because of white on base ; No. 2, detective because 

 of splashes of white; No. 3, ideal. 



Breas';, Body and Fluff. These sections of both sexes should 

 be pure white on the surface, but show the bluish-slate under- 

 neath. It is highly desirable that they do so, because with this 

 slate undercolor lacking in all sections of white surface, color 

 points arc sure to be weak, losing thereby the chief beauty of the 



PLATE 115 



COLUMBIAN PLYMOUTH ROCK, MALE, DEFECTS IN 

 SURFACE COLOR 



Neck too dark. Hackle feathers black on edge of borders. Breast, 

 next to wing-fronts and wing, near front, with too much black. Black 

 tips on wing-bar. Irregular gray striping in side of saddle. Black 

 showing on fluff and hocks. 



