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Minorcas. Color of plumage, 

 light blue laced with darker 

 blue, except that necks, backs, 

 and tails in both sexes are dark 

 blue, and in wings the flight 

 feathers are light blue, the rest 

 of the wing being darker blue. 

 The legs are a slaty blue. An- 

 dalusians are not popular. 



85. White Faced Black 

 Spanish. Fig. 68. Very 

 delicate as chicks, but fairly 

 hardy after first few months ; 

 large white egg breed ; non-sit- 

 ters ; peculiar characteristic, 



Fig. 68. White Faced Black Spanish. 



the abnormal development of the skin of the 

 face, white in color. In general they resemble 

 Black Minorcas. Were once quite popular; 

 are now comparatively rare. 



86. Polish. Varieties: WHITE CRESTED 

 BLACK, GOLDEN SPANGLED, (Fig. 69), GOLD- *9v 

 EN PENCILED, SILVER SPANGLED, SILVER 

 PENCILED, WHITE, BUFF LACED. With the Fig. 69. Spangled Polish. 



(By courtesy of D. Lincoln Orr). 



exception of the first and 

 last mentioned these varie- 

 ties are sub-divided into the 



. bearded and non-bearded. 

 Not one of these varieties is 

 popular and common ; all 



' are regarded as distinctive- 

 ly fanciers' fowls. Even 

 I among fanciers the demand 

 for them is small. Only a 

 few breeders find it profita- 

 ble to handle them. They 

 are about the size of average 



Fig. 70. Silver Spangled Hamburgs. Leghorns J delicate ; white 



