240 THE PRACTICAL POULTRY KEEPER. 



accidental peculiarity in the rose-combed Langshans em- 

 ployed, as a rule lay smaller eggs than the single-combed 

 birds. 



The original Orpington is a most useful introduction. 

 Even though in many cases all but Langshan blood has 

 probably been expelled, by reversion to the stronger Asiatic 



Orpingtons. 



blood, the fowl has been bred to a compact, plump, well- 

 bodied type which Langshan breeders have unfortunately 

 neglected or departed from. We thus have to go to the 

 Orpington sub-type for a large black fowl of really satis- 

 factory table conformation. Except for the prejudice against 

 black legs, we have seen Orpingtons at exhibitions of table 

 poultry which left little to be desired, and were claimed by 

 London poulterers at a very early hour. 



A buff Orpington has been lately introduced, or at least 



