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PO UL TR r- CRAFT. 



egg breed ; non-sitters ; very large crests ; small V-shaped combs ; white ear 

 lobes ; slatish or willow legs ; large, full tails. They are good layers, gener- 

 ally, and their flesh is of fine quality. 



87. Hamburgs. Varieties : GOLDEN SPANGLED, GOLDEN PENCILED, 

 SILVER SPANGLED, (Fig. 70), SILVER PENCILED, (Fig. 71), WHITE, BLACK. 



Hamburgs do not greatly 

 differ from the Polish except 

 in furnishings of the head. 

 They have neither crest nor 

 beard ; have rose combs like 

 those of Rose Combed Leg- 

 horns ; are rather delicate ; a 

 white egg breed ; are non-sit- 

 ters ; more numerously bred 

 than Polish, and considered 

 better for practical purposes, 

 but are altogether outclassed 

 by the hardier Leghorns. 

 Hamburgs are bred princi- 

 pally by those keeping fowls 

 for pleasure. 



Fifc. 71. Silver Penciled Hamburg Cock. 



88. Redcaps. Rather delicate ; white egg breed ; non-sitters ; have been 

 aptly described as extra large, coarse Hamburgs with red ear lobes. Their 

 colors are red brown and purple black distributed as in Spangled Hamburgs, 

 except that the spangles of Redcaps are crescent shaped. Rare. 



FRENCH CLASS. 



89. Houdans. Fig. 72. The only breed in this class common enough 

 in America to warrant de- 

 scription in a popular book. 



The other French breeds, LA 

 FLECHE and CREVECCEUR, 

 recognized by the Standard, 

 are rarely seen here. Hou- 

 dans, while not popular or 

 numerous, are fairly well 

 distributed, and are not unfa- 

 miliar in most sections ; they 

 are a rather delicate, white 

 egg breed ; non-sitters ; col- 

 ors black and white mottled, 

 black predominating in the 

 young fowls ; large crests Fig. 72. Houdans. 



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