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and ear lobes of the Medi- 

 terranean class, and of size 

 and form appropriate to the 

 style of the bird. The ear 

 lobes are white or creamy 

 white in color. While the 

 body plumage is not as 

 short as that of game fowls, 

 the race is close feathered, 

 with large wings and tails. 

 The shanks and feet are 

 smooth, the number of toes 

 normal, four on each foot. 

 The English type of 

 Leghorn is larger than the 

 American, and meatier, ap- 

 proaching the Dorking type, 

 while large Leghorns on 



the lines of the American type are more like Minorcas in shape. 

 The varieties of Leghorns take their names from the colors of 

 their plumage, the subvarieties from the form of the comb. 



Brown Leghorns (single- 

 comb and rose-comb) have the 

 black-red color pattern, The 

 early Brown Leghorns were 

 quite light in color, and were 

 sometimes called red. 1 The 

 American Standard exhibition 

 male has the red very rich in 

 tone, with hackle and saddle 

 feathers cleanly striped with 

 black. Females of like breed- 

 ing, the natural color mates 

 of such males, are very dark 



FIG. 341. Single-Comb Brown Leghorn 



cockerel, Grove Hill poultry yards, 



Waltham, Massachusetts 



brown, their darkest shades 

 often black or nearly so, and 



FIG. 342. Single-Comb Brown Leg- 

 horn pullet, Grove Hill poultry 

 yards, Waltham, Massachusetts 



1 As recently as the early nineties I have heard the name " Red Leghorn " 

 applied to ordinary Brown Leghorns. 



