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fight for the championship as ardently as any Game bird, 

 and yet his comb is spared. Cockerels will not quarrel if 

 kept apart from hens until the breeding season, when they 

 should be separated, and put on their several walks. If 

 pugnaciously inclined I do not believe that the absence of 

 the comb will save the weaker opponent from destruction ; 

 therefore I raise my voice for pity, in favour of the 

 beautiful Game cock." 



The colours are various, and they are classed into 

 numerous varieties and sub-varieties, of which the chief 

 are Black-breasted Red ; Brown-Red ; Silver Duck-wing 

 Greys, so called from the feathers resembling those of a 

 duck ; Greys ; Blues ; Duns ; Piles, or Pieds ; Black ; 

 White ; and Brassy-winged, which is Black with yellow 

 on the lesser wing coverts. Colours and markings must 

 be allowed a somewhat wide range in this breed ; and 

 figure, with courage, may be held to prove purity of blood 

 though the colour be doubtful. Mr. Douglas considers 

 the Black-breasted Red the finest feathered Game, and 

 states that he never found any come so true to colour as a 

 brood of that variety. White in the tail feathers is highly 

 objectionable, though not an absolute disqualification. 

 White fowls should be entirely white, with white legs. 

 The rules for the coloured legs are very undecided. Light 

 legs match light-coloured birds best. No particular colour 

 is imperative, but it should harmonise with the plumage, 

 and all in a pen must agree. 



The best layers are the Black-breasted Reds with willow 

 legs, and the worst the Greys. 



