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are fairly good layers, mature rapidly and are 

 unexcelled for quality of flesh. The hens are good 

 sitters and excellent mothers. All Games are close- 

 feathered and muscular, which gives them a firm 

 and compact feeling to the touch. They weigh 



FIG. 24. Dark Cornish Game hen (one-:ixth size). 



very heavily for their apparent size. The thighs 

 of games are well developed and appear prominent. 

 The Cornish Games are represented by three 

 varieties, the Dark, White, and White-laced Red. 

 The Dark and the White are best known and are 

 most highly prized as useful fowls. They should 

 weigh, cock 9 and the hen 7 pounds. The White- 



