230 THE AMERICAN BREEDS OF POULTRY 



solidly black that they run into the slate under-color without a break, 

 the male is too heavily striped to produce more than a few good 

 pullets, and the rest will show black spots in their back. The striping 

 of the male's back should be, as far as possible, a V-shaped stripe, 

 opened in the center with a white quill, and there should be a pro- 

 nounced bar of white before the under-color is reached. We like to 

 see this striping in the saddle hangers rather than on top of the back, 

 although we must make an allowance for the fact that the Columbian 

 Wyandotte male is inclined to carry his striping on the top of his 

 back, while his saddle hangers are white. 



The Columbian is an interesting fowl to breed, and it presents the 

 advantage of allowing the breeder to use in successful matings not 

 only his highest type show-colored specimens, but also his excess- 

 colored males and females and his light-colored males and females. 



Typical Columbian Wyandotte 

 Male. 



