PO UL TR r- CRAFT. 



BARRED PLYMOUTH ROOKS. Fig. 47. The ground color of plumage varies 



from grayish white to 

 pale ashen blue. In 

 the best colored speci- 

 mens the parallel bars 

 crossing each feather 

 run from leaden blue 

 in light colored to blue 

 black in dark speci- 

 mens. In birds which 

 fail in color the bar- 

 ring is usually indis- 

 tinct ; the dark bars 

 show sometimes rusty 

 red or brown, some- 

 times a greenish tinge. 

 Clear yellow legs and 

 beaks are common in 



the ma bufc Rot Jn 



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Fig. 47. Barred Plymouth Rocks. 



females, which oftener have a dark shading on the upper beak, and greenish 



shading or spots on the front of the leg. This variety is certainly the most 



popular of all with practical poultrymen, and, probably, also with fanciers. 



The difficulty of breeding it to the perfection of Standard color requirements, 



and the correspondingly high prices paid for first class specimens appeal 



strongly to the ambition and inter- 



est of the fancier-breeder. The 



double mating system is more 



generally practiced with this vari- 



ety than with any other. It takes 



a novice some years to learn to 



produce high class stock. As 



commonly bred for practical pur- 



poses, little attention is given to 



nice color points. 



WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS. 

 Fig. 48. Were long considered 

 more delicate than the Barred 

 variety. With increasing popu- 

 larity and more careful breeding 

 for vigor they have become rug- 

 ged. The Standard description 

 calls for a pure white plumage, 

 yellow legs and skin ; a com- 



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Fig . 48 . White plymouth Rochs 



