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or the tastes of people in different countries and localities. Thus 

 in the course of centuries were produced from the same original 

 wild stock fowls as unlike as 

 the massive Brahma, with 

 feathered legs and feet, and 

 the diminutive Game Ban- 

 tam ; the Leghorn, with its 

 large comb, and the Polish, 

 with only the rudiments of a 

 comb and in its place a great 

 ball of feathers ; the Spanish, 

 with monstrous development 

 of the skin of the face, and 

 the Silky, with dark skin and 

 hairlike plumage. Except in 

 a few limited districts these 

 special types did not displace 



/ r FIG. 17. Light Brahma hen 



the ordinary type for many 



centuries. Until modern times they were hardly known outside 

 of the districts or the countries where they 

 originated. Of the details of their origin 

 nothing is known. They were not of the 

 highly specialized and finished types such 

 as are bred by fanciers now. Their dis- 

 tinctive features had been established, but in 

 comparatively crude 

 form. The refining 

 and perfecting of 

 all these types has 

 been the work of 



fanciers in Holland, Belgium, England, 



and America in modern times. These 



fanciers have also developed new races 



of more serviceable types. 



FIG. 18. Red Pile Game 

 Bantam cock 



FIG. 19. Red Pile Game 

 Bantam hen 



